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- Signed by ICE: ICE Field Office: Atlanta
- Public affairs contact: Avery County Sheriffs Office, 300 Schultz Circle, Newland, NC 28657
- Agreement signed
- July 23, 2020
- First seen in ICE data
- January 13, 2021
- Residential population
- 14,819FBI 2025
- Sworn officers
- 34FBI 2025
- Civilian staff
- 24FBI 2025
- Total personnel
- 58FBI 2025
- Population policed
- 17,505
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Operating budget
- $4,500,000
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Memorandum of Agreement
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Elections
Sheriff
On the ballot on November 3, 2026.
Mike Henley
Republican unopposed
Candidates: N.C. State Board of Elections, 2026 candidate list · archived copy
How Avery County voted for president in 2024
- Trump
- 75.7%
- 7,181
- Harris
- 23.4%
- 2,220
- Others
- 0.9%
- 88
Trump won the county by 52.3 points over Harris. 9,489 votes cast.
Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts · N.C. State Board of Elections, 2026 candidate list (a sheriff contest in all 100 counties on Nov. 3)
Memorandum of Agreement
The full agreement between Avery County Sheriff's Office and ICE is available below.
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Named in the signed 287(g) agreement
Contact
- Address
- P. O. Box 426 Newland
- Phone
- (828) 733-2071
Agreement History
Dated by when each agreement was signed; where ICE's public data lagged more than two weeks behind, the first-seen date is noted too. Changes we can't tie to a signed document are dated by when they were detected.
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- + Warrant Service Officer
Data last updated October 16, 2026. ORI: NC0060000.
Dive deeper
The 287(g) participation data doesn't tell us anything about what happened after the agreement was signed. To learn more, the public will need to ask or formally request information. MuckRock is organizing public records requests about immigration enforcement nationwide: