287(g) Program
Ohio
As of July 9, 2026
Agency Locations
How participation has grown
Active 287(g) agreements by model, since Dec 2024.
22 agreements.
Experimental (#162). Each line counts active agency–model agreements, so an agency with two models counts once per model. Changes are dated by when they appear in ICE's published list; the Dec 2024 level carries everything signed before then, and the archive has no snapshots between mid-Dec 2024 and early Mar 2025, so the lines run flat there.
News coverage of ICE's 287(g) program in Ohio
Updated July 7, 2026
ICE lists 17 participating 287(g) agencies in Ohio, a count that grew sharply through 2025 as county sheriffs from Portage and Butler to Lake and Clermont signed agreements letting deputies question or arrest immigrants. That expansion has drawn lawsuits over withheld records, protests outside county jails profiting from detention contracts, and a scandal over a small-town police chief who claimed ICE authority to visit Cincinnati schools.
Ohio Agencies
18 agencies
| Models | Population | MOA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Police Department Brown County | Municipality | 2026 | 1.5K | ↗ | |
| Butler County Sheriff's Office Butler County | County | 2020 | 85.1K | ↗ | |
| Clermont County Sheriff's Office Clermont County | County | 2025 | 65.5K | ↗ | |
| Dalton Police Department Wayne County | Municipality | 2026 | — | — | |
| Fayette County Sheriff's Office Fayette County | County | 2025 | 14.1K | ↗ | |
| Fayetteville Police Department Brown County | Municipality | 2025 | — | ↗ | |
| Geauga County Sheriff's Office Geauga County | County | 2026 | 53.6K | — | |
| Gratis Police Department Preble County | Municipality | 2025 | 828 | ↗ | |
| Jamestown Police Department Greene County | Municipality | 2026 | 2.1K | ↗ | |
| Lake County Sheriff's Office Lake County | County | 2025 | 8.2K | ↗ | |
| North Hampton Police Department Clark County | Municipality | 2026 | — | — | |
| Peebles Police Department Adams County | Municipality | 2025 | — | ↗ | |
| Portage County Sheriff's Office Portage County | County | 2025 | 71K | ↗ | |
| Russellville Police Department Brown County | Municipality | 2026 | 545 | ↗ | |
| Sardinia Police Department Brown County | Municipality | 2025 | — | ↗ | |
| Seneca County Sheriff's Office Seneca County | County | 2025 | 25K | ↗ | |
| Spencer Police Department Medina County | Municipality | 2025 | 693 | ↗ | |
| Warren County Sheriff's Office Warren County | County | 2025 | 104.7K | ↗ |