Through organizing and policy change, organizers have used the democratic process to convince hundreds of sheriffs to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The Trump Administration has signaled that it aims to subvert that democratic will, and put sheriffs central to the mass deportation plans deputizing sheriff’s offices to work on immigration enforcement, expanding the number of jails holding immigrants on behalf of the federal government, and using funding to reward compliant sheriffs and punish those who refuse to collaborate.
How this will play out will depend on the sheriff and their community. For organizers and activists looking to protect themselves and their neighbors, holding sheriffs accountable provides a key opportunity to stop deportations at the local level.
This document lays out a set of demands that communities can make to keep sheriffs out of the mass deportation machine, and collects examples of strategies that people can learn from.
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