No voluntary ICE partnerships in Joplin or Jasper County
Joplin and Jasper County must not use local tax dollars, police time, jail space, public data, or traffic stops to do ICE’s work.
Local officers should be focused on solving local crimes, responding to emergencies, protecting survivors, and building trust, not assisting federal deportation operations. Programs such as 287(g) can allow local personnel to carry out limited immigration-enforcement functions under ICE supervision. That type of arrangement risks turning ordinary interactions with local government into immigration encounters and makes families less likely to report crime, seek medical care, send children to school, or ask for help. ICE: Missouri 287(g) information
We demand that the Joplin City Council and Jasper County officials:
- Publicly reject any current or future 287(g) agreement.
- Prohibit local police and jail employees from using local resources for civil immigration enforcement unless required by a valid judicial warrant.
- Require public notice, a hearing, and a recorded vote before any local agency enters a federal immigration-enforcement agreement.
- Prohibit sharing Flock or other surveillance data with ICE, CBP, or federal immigration-enforcement agencies.
- Protect the right of all residents to seek emergency services, report crimes, and participate in civic life without fear.
Our neighbors are not a federal deportation workforce.