EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso County Commissioners Court received a presentation Monday from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office regarding Texas Senate Bill 8, a state law enforced by the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
SB 8 requires sheriffs in counties with populations over 10,000 to enter into 287(g) agreements with ICE; it was passed by the state legislature and signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025.
Under the bill, Sheriffs can enter into three agreements with ICE; the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has chosen the ‘Warrant Service Officer Model’ (WSO), which allows officers to serve and execute administrative warrants on migrants in the sheriff’s office’s custody at county jails…