Five Minnesota sheriff’s offices have entered cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, bringing a controversial program coordinating local law enforcement and federal immigration agents to the North Star State.
The Cass, Crow Wing, Freeborn, Itasca and Jackson County sheriff’s offices have entered 287g agreements with ICE since President Donald Trump took office, according to ICE records. The program, named for a clause in an immigration law, allows ICE to delegate authority to local law enforcement agencies to perform some immigration enforcement functions.
The agreements generally increase the risks to immigrant communities, according to Julia Decker, an attorney with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota…