Out of 72 County Sheriff's Offices in Wisconsin, only 9 have joined the discriminatory 287g partnership with USICE.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
March 8, 2025
Wisconsin- A total of 9 County Sheriff's Department's in Wisconsin have joined 287g partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) to conduct immigration enforcement at their county jails as of March 7, 2025, which jailed undocumented inmates arrested by state or local law enforcement and booked at the county jails that are suspected of being illegally in the U.S., and are identified as removable illegal aliens with criminal or pending criminal charges (felony or serious misdemeanors), are held under USICE detainers for deportation process.
Both, Winnebago County Sheriff's Office and the Washington County Sheriff's Office are the latest to joined the 287g program enforcement under the Trump administration in 2025.
The 9 County Sheriff's Department's participating in 287g are the following:
• Brown County Sheriff's Office, joined 10/16/2020
• Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office, joined 6/5/2020
• Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office, joined 6/5/2020
• Marquette County Sheriff's Office, joined 5/21/
2020
• Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office, joined 2/27/2020
• Washington County Sheriff's Office, joined 3/3/2025
• Waukesha County Sheriff's Office, joined 6/10/2020
• Waushara County Sheriff's Office, joined 6/8/2020
• Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, joined 3/5/2025
U.S. ICE 287g national listing at link: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/287g/participatingAgencies03072025am.xlsx
Implementing the 287g program in any jurisdiction has its history of drawbacks and anticipated federal lawsuits by immigrant rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who have previously filed lawsuits and proved that such practices under 287g are contributed to illegal profiling, civil rights violation and discrimination by local authorities enforcing immigration laws.
In most cases, law enforcement agencies who use the 287g program usually profile, discriminate and violate the civil rights of those targeted under the program.
The ACLU of Wisconsin condemn all Wisconsin County Sheriff's Departments participating in the 287g program with USICE, and released a statement saying, "The reality is that cooperation with ICE makes our communities not only less welcoming to immigrants, but also makes us all less safe." (https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/press-releases/aclu-wisconsin-condemns-new-287g-agreements-between-ice-and-washington-winnebago)
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has a contract with USICE to hold undocumented inmates that are being process for deportation, and has a USICE agent on duty from the Chicago field office. The Dodge County Detention Facility at the Town of Juneau, in Wisconsin has at least 356 beds, 170 beds for detainees from USICE and the U.S. Marshals Service.
In Dane County, the Sheriff's Office gets tens of thousands of dollars of federal funding by reporting the illegal status of its inmates to the federal government under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), a voluntary federal system that provides grants to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the cost associated with holding undocumented inmates who have been convicted of crimes, eventhough, it doesn't has a 287g partnership with USICE, according to the Cap Times dot com.
Example of discriminatory practices under 287g: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona under former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in which a federal court found blatant illegal profiling, discrimination and civil rights violations when arresting victims.
Arpaio was held in contempt for violations by a federal judge, and Arpaio was ousted from office on November 9, 2016. The new elected Sheriff Paul Penzone in Maricopa County immediately terminated the 287g ICE partnership.
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