Task Force Signed June 13, 2025 View agreement →
- Signed by Mercer County Sheriff's Office: Terry Ternes
- Signed by ICE: Madison Sheahan, Deputy Director
- Public affairs contact: Mark A. Schmitt · 701-745-3333 · maschmitt@nd.gov
- Agreement signed
- June 13, 2025
- Residential population
- 2,993FBI 2025
- Sworn officers
- 14FBI 2025
- Civilian staff
- 16FBI 2025
- Total personnel
- 30FBI 2025
- Population policed
- 8,267
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Operating budget
- $2,513,324
- As reported in the agency's MOA
- Memorandum of Agreement
- View agreement →
Elections
Sheriff
On the ballot on November 3, 2026.
Terry Ternes
Nonpartisan unopposed signed the 287(g) agreement
Candidates: North Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List · archived copy
How Mercer County voted for president in 2024
- Trump
- 83.4%
- 3,798
- Harris
- 14.8%
- 672
- Others
- 1.9%
- 85
Trump won the county by 68.6 points over Harris. 4,555 votes cast.
Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts · North Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List (a County Sheriff contest in every county; nonpartisan)
Memorandum of Agreement
The full agreement between Mercer County Sheriff's Office and ICE is available below.
Named in the signed 287(g) agreement
Contact
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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Data last updated October 16, 2026. ORI: ND0290000.
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: