Task Force Signed July 2, 2025 View agreement →
- Signed by Colbert County Sheriff's Office: Eric D. Balentine
- Signed by ICE: Madison Sheahan, Deputy Director
- Public affairs contact: Lee Smith · 256-291-6597 · lsmith@colbertco.org
- Agreement signed
- May 8, 2025
- Residential population
- 20,320FBI 2024
- Sworn officers
- 43FBI 2024
- Civilian staff
- 24FBI 2024
- Total personnel
- 67FBI 2024
- Population policed
- 54,762
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Operating budget
- $3,500,000
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Memorandum of Agreement
- View agreement →
Elections
Sheriff
On the ballot on November 3, 2026.
Eric Balentine
Republican unopposed signed the 287(g) agreement
Candidates: Alabama Secretary of State, Nov. 3, 2026 sample ballot, Colbert County · archived copy
How Colbert County voted for president in 2024
- Trump
- 72.6%
- 19,714
- Harris
- 26.3%
- 7,137
- Others
- 1.1%
- 309
Trump won the county by 46.3 points over Harris. 27,160 votes cast.
Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts · Alabama Secretary of State, November 3, 2026 general election sample ballots by county
Memorandum of Agreement
The full agreement between Colbert County Sheriff's Office and ICE is available below.
View agreement →Agreements on file
1 of 3 models on file
MOAs are not available for every agreement.
Named in the signed 287(g) agreement
Contact
Contact information for this agency is not yet available.
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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- + Task Force Model
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- + Jail Enforcement Model
- + Warrant Service Officer
Data last updated October 16, 2026. ORI: AL0200000.
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: