No More Sanctuary Texas Sheriffs: Mandatory ICE Partnership in Sweeping State Law Begins TGetty Images
Bob Price1 Jan 2026408
Texas’s new immigration‑enforcement law hit the state like a shockwave this morning, wiping out any remaining sanctuary‑style defiance by ordering every county sheriff to partner with ICE formally. The mandatory 287(g) crackdown is designed to hard‑wire deportation cooperation into every jail from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande.
In June, Breitbart Texas reported that the Texas Legislature passed SB8, a new law requiring all Texas sheriffs who operate jails to enter into cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). The partnership, known as the 287(g) program, provides training and equipment to cooperating county jails to provide a safe and efficient turnover of criminal illegal aliens for deportation.
Texas State Representative David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) told Breitbart Texas, “This is about public safety.” He called the bill the “most aggressive” immigration enforcement measure to come out of the Texas Legislature this session.
Before the passage of this law, signed by Governor Greg Abbott, ICE reports indicate that only 85 of Texas’s 254 counties had cooperation agreements with ICE. The new law applies to 234 of the state’s counties.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/01/01/no-more-sanctuary-texas-sheriffs-mandatory-ice-partnership-in-sweeping-state-law-begins-today/
