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A Sheriff’s Race In Wyoming Is ‘The Canary In The Coal Mine’ Over The Enforcement Of Immigration Laws

‘It should be a wake-up call for the rest of the country.’

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In a state where nearly 80 percent of voters are registered as Republicans, the enforcement of immigration laws has become a central controversy over the choice of a county sheriff. The argument is happening in the blue island of Teton County, Wyoming, where a county commissioner said this week that the local presence of ICE agents reminds him of his childhood “in the Jim Crow South.” Among the people running for sheriff there is an independent candidate who volunteers as an anti-ICE activist, promising to keep ICE out of the county if he wins the election.

A Wyoming law passed last year bans sanctuary jurisdictions and forbids local officials from refusing to cooperate with federal immigration officials, and Teton County does the minimum: It honors 48-hour jail hold requests from ICE, keeping illegal immigrants arrested for other crimes in custody so federal law enforcement can pick them up.

But county officials have demonstrated their lack of enthusiasm for immigration enforcement with gestures that stop short of direct interference, as when ICE agents from the Casper office visited the county last year to serve arrest warrants. With ICE personnel actively making arrests, Sheriff Matt Carr called the local newspaper and told them ICE was in town, passing on the notice he’d received from ICE as a courtesy between law enforcement agencies:

Immigration enforcement officials are in Jackson today, Friday, attempting to execute 17 warrants on specific people in Teton County. That’s according to Teton County Sheriff Matt Carr, who spoke with the News&Guide before noon Friday. At that time,........

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