Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller wants a court to dismiss county leaders’ lawsuit against him over entering into an agreement with ICE.
Miller entered the agreement with ICE last year without informing the County Board of Supervisors.
The agreement, called a 287(g), allows Miller’s staff to question people about their immigration status and arrest people they suspect of being undocumented.
Typically, 287(g) agreements are made between county sheriffs and the federal government — not county attorneys.
The supervisors demanded that Miller end the agreement, but he refused and insists it is still in effect.
In response, the board filed a lawsuit against him and was granted a temporary restraining order on the 287(g) agreement.
Miller argued in a statement on Tuesday that the board’s authority over him is limited to financial matters. As the role of county attorney is also an elected office, Miller said the board doesn’t have the right to control his other powers and duties.
He said the lawsuit is without merit and he will continue working with ICE to “address the serious threats of human trafficking and drug smuggling that impact our county.”
-
Sky Harbor spokesperson Monica Hernandez confirmed that ICE agents have now been gone for a week after vacating the airport on April 6. -
Border Patrol agents in Arizona and elsewhere began wearing body cameras years ago. But a Biden-era accountability initiative to release the footage hasn't been updated in almost a year. -
The flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border has remained low over the past year, but there was an uptick in apprehensions between February and March. -
The Phoenix police chief has put a sergeant on paid leave while an internal investigation of the sergeant’s behavior at an ICE protest in the East Valley is conducted. -
Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to abandon its investigation into the state’s 2020 presidential election.
