Two elected constables in the Philadelphia suburbs quietly signed on last year to a federal program that deputizes local officers to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lansdowne’s constable and the Honey Brook constable entered memorandums of agreement with ICE in 2025, a move that has alarmed county leaders and immigrant-rights advocates. The agreements expand what local law enforcement can do in encounters with people suspected of lacking immigration status and arrive as federal partnerships are rapidly multiplying nationwide.
Records show Lansdowne Constable Jerome Fletcher signed a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with ICE in August 2025, and Honey Brook Constable David Jones Sr. entered one in October, although state records indicate Fletcher has not…..