Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office joins program to strengthen cooperation with ICE

The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office joined the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program to expand cooperation between the two agencies.

ICE’s 287(g) Program authorizes the federal agency to delegate state and local law enforcement officers to perform specified immigration officer functions under oversight, according to ICE’s website.

MCSO signed an agreement to enter the program under the Task Force model on July 7, according to ICE’s list of participating agencies that was last updated on July 10…

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