County sheriff’s offices across Wisconsin are deepening their cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joining a wave of agreements that community advocates say are stoking fear and confusion in Latino neighborhoods. As of May 2025, 12 Wisconsin sheriff’s departments, including Brown, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, and Washington counties, have signed agreements with ICE to collaborate on immigration enforcement through the Warrant Service Officer program or 287(g) agreements. Both programs would allow local deputies to detain individuals for federal immigration purposes. Under WSO agreements, deputies can hold individuals who are subject to civil immigration warrants. The more intensive 287(g) partnerships enable local officers to question individuals about their immigration status and initiate removal paperwork. These arrangements have drawn strong criticism from the ACLU of Wisconsin, which warns they risk racial profiling and civil rights violations. A Wisconsin Watch investigation in June documented the case of a Cuban asylum seeker [...]

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