Trump admin local police ICE agreements
The gist
More than 29,000 local officers are now deputized by ICE, far exceeding ICE's own 11,600 deportation officers.
Enforcement shifts to routine local stops; most South Florida cities have stayed out.
How it unfolded
- Jan 2025President Donald Trump revived the 287(g) program, which deputizes local police as deportation officers; over 29,000 local officers nationwide have since enlisted.
- Jan 2025 to Aug 2026Agencies in Florida and Texas combined accounted for about half of the more than 47,000 immigration arrests made nationally through 287(g), per FWRD.
- Oct 8, 2026Federal agents walk near the scene where a man was shot by an ICE officer during an operation in the Bronx borough of New York.