Does Lewisville have a 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow local officers to enforce federal immigration law?
A. No. In fact, only one Texas city, Farmers Branch, has been accepted as a 287(g) participant in the “task force” model. A detective will receive training and participate part-time in a multi-agency task force that provides for immigration processing of criminal suspects who are suspected of being in the country illegally. Farmers Branch was denied its request to train jail staff under 287(g). The number of municipal agencies in Texas participating in 287(g) is limited to available federal funding, but Lewisville and many other police departments obtain the same or better results with current procedures and cooperation with ICE. However, application to 287(g) remains a future option available to the City of Lewisville.
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