Sheriff's statement on federal law enforcement cooperation
The Teton County Sheriff's Office says its deputies don't enforce immigration law and it has no 287(g) agreement; federal agencies coordinate with dispatch.
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A written statement from the Teton County Sheriff's Office, dated July 25, 2026, which County Administrator Billie Siddoway emailed to the Signal.
What's in it
- Sheriff Clint Lemieux: "We do not enforce federal immigration law, nor do we act as federal immigration agents."
- Deputies "do not conduct civil immigration enforcement, carry out immigration raids, or inquire into the immigration status of individuals during routine calls for service or traffic stops."
- The office "does not hold a 287(g) agreement or any formal contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to perform immigration enforcement."
- When federal agencies operate in the county, "Federal agencies coordinate with local emergency dispatch to prevent overlapping tactical operations," and their teams "routinely integrate operational communications with local emergency dispatch and on-duty officers."
- A timeline of the July 17 and July 21 operations, which it says media reports and social media speculation "have conflated."