Consequences & Costs: Lessons Learned From Tennessee's Jail Model 287(g) Program

ACLU-TN's report, “Consequences & Costs: Lessons Learned from Davidson County, Tennessee’s Jail Model 287(g) Program,” documents the serious problems with the Davidson County Sheriff’s 287(g) jail program. The 287(g) program run by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency deputizes state and local police and sheriffs to enforce federal immigration law.

The purpose of the report, which was sent to the Knox and Rutherford County sheriffs, both of whom had submitted 287(g) applications, was to explain the devastating impact of the program and to urge them to withdraw their applications.