Tarrant County officials are working more closely with federal immigration agents as part of a program that allows sheriff’s deputies to question people under arrest about their immigration status.
If deputies determine a person is in the country illegally, they can hold them on federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. Attorney Paul Hunker, a former ICE official, told NBC 5 the county currently has about 400 people being held on such detainers and that changes have been made to who qualifies for them…