Overview
- Makers of the decision released a Snell & Wilmer analysis concluding the county attorney cannot enter federal agreements without board approval and that the office is not a qualifying political subdivision.
- The opinion argues the pact improperly assigns arrest powers to prosecutors, collapses the separation between enforcement and prosecution, and bypasses the board’s fiscal oversight.
- Supervisors directed the county attorney to stop acting under the agreement and to outline termination steps by Jan. 28, and they plan to share their conclusions with ICE.
- The board unanimously affirmed the sheriff’s long‑standing jail‑based 287(g) program, which is limited to people booked into the jail and does not authorize community arrests.
- County Attorney Brad Miller disputes the board’s move, says the agreement remains in effect, and urges supervisors to ratify it, intensifying a jurisdictional standoff.