Collaboration agreements between ICE, local police soar 950 percent in Trump's first year: Analysis

A new analysis shows that enforcement agreements between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local and state law enforcement agencies have increased by more than 900 percent during President Trump's first term.
The analysis, released Monday by criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us, found that there are 1,372 agreements between local law enforcement agencies and ICE, up from 135 in January 2025.
The agreements are legal under section 287(g) of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act. But the Obama administration, citing issues such as racial profiling, ended the 287(g) model in 2012.