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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 18h

City backyard visitors >>>> (not pictured: the new feral cat who recently moved onto our block and the squirrel who keeps leaving peanut shells in my cayenne pepper plants)

Large brown and green praying mantid on a white garage wall.

Four large pigeons are standing on a window sill and looking in, with three more watching from a power line behind them.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/10/2026

Chicago folks: we might not have 287(g) agreements to push back on in Illinois, but we're surrounded by a growing number of local PDs + sheriffs' offices in Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri that participate. Make sure your friends and family in those states understand what's at stake.

Map of the midwest, centered on Illinois, showing hundreds of dots across Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc. representing 287(g) participating agencies. For more (including the data) see here: https://www.tituslegaldesign.com/immigration-101/287g-program

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/10/2026

Here's how that agreement now appears in ICE's list published today, showing "Fayetteville Police Department" as the agency name. Obviously the Fayetteville PD is not a county-level agency, nor are they located in Union County.

Screenshot of Excel spreadsheet row showing "NORTH CAROLINA | Fayetteville Police Department | County | Union County | Warrant Service Officer | 5/7/2025"

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

"During the Sept. 1 meeting, one audience member said she had found information on an ICE website indicating Peck had already signed the agreement with ICE. During that meeting, council members said they were unaware Peck had already signed the agreement." Peck signed the agreement in July...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

"...authored by immigration legal system analyst Andrew Thrasher, provides a comprehensive overview of various agreements in different states based on publicly available data. We commend the site to legislators for a visual understanding of the scope of 287(g) agreements."

Screenshot from letter of support from North STAR Alliance re: Minnesota SF4176.

https://assets.senate.mn/committees/2025-2026/3134_Committee_on_State_and_Local_Government/20260317_SF4176-NorthStarAlliance.pdf

Text reads:
The Maxwell Commons Substack, authored by immigration legal system analyst Andrew
Thrasher, provides a comprehensive overview of various agreements in different states based on
publicly available data.16 We commend the site to legislators for a visual understanding of the
scope of 287(g) agreements. This map shows the number of agreements across the country as of
February 15, 2026.17
Thrasher’s model shows that there are eight active agreement models in Minnesota
spanning all across the state. Itasca County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Task Force Model
Agreement; Cass County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Task Force Model Agreement; Crow Wing
County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Warrant Service Officer Agreement; Isle Police Department
entered into a Task Force Model Agreement; Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office entered into a
Task Force Model Agreement; Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Jail Enforcement
Model Agreement; Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Warrant Service Officer
Agreement; and Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office entered into a Warrant Service Officer
Agreement. However, Sherburne, Kandiyohi and Freeborn counties have had long-standing
contracts to hold detainees for federal authorities.
Thrasher points out that data provided by the government lacks transparency, including
when agreements have been signed and when they have been terminated. According to information "

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

I refuse to recognize the authority of a sheriff who insists I call him by his nickname.

Screenshot from Jones County, TN sheriff's office showing a welcome message from Sheriff R.N. "Butch" Reece.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

One of the more salient arguments for getting rid of sheriffs' offices is how many of them include their nicknames on official correspondence — on their website, in their signatures on 287(g) agreements, etc. "Everyone is 12" theory holds.

Google search result for Johnson County, Tennessee sheriff Shawn "Bit" Brown

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/09/2026

Should I apply??? "[ICE] seeks contractor support to conduct approximately 1,000 comprehensive, on-site compliance assessments (...) of (...) agencies participating in the ICE 287(g) program under the Task Force Model (TFM) and Warrant Service Officer (WSO) Model. apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/record/74617...

Screenshot of Forecast Record published on DHS' Acquisition Planning Forecast System (APFS) today, Sept. 25th, 2026 for "On-Site Compliance Assessment Support Services for ICE 287(g) Public Safety Partnership Division"

https://apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/record/74617/public-print/

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/09/2026

4️⃣ Julie Gallagher-Merone, Director of Training & Workforce Development. Julie's current role at Anovaeon is supposedly training a humanitarian team to work with children and families. But her most recent role at Border Patrol? 'Less lethal' course instructor. www.linkedin.com/in/julie-gal...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/09/2026

3️⃣ Desiree C., Director of Strategic Workforce Operations. Desiree hasn't been a DHS employee since 2008, when she left CBP's Border Patrol after nearly 8 years. Since then, it looks like she's been a staffing contractor...with CBP as a client. www.linkedin.com/in/desiree-c...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/09/2026

2️⃣ Jeffrey Lynch, Program Director. Before he joined Anovaeon, Jeff was working for Akima, another federal contractor in the private detention space (and runs Guantanamo Bay). www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-d...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/09/2026

First, meet Eric, an "industry leader participating in the capture and management of $1.4 billion worth of humanitarian aid work." Totally normal way to describe yourself.

Profiles in cowardice for Eric Fritz, President and CEO of Anovaeon LLC from the company's website.

https://anovaeon.com/

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 16/09/2026

Made a video to help illustrate what "transparency" looks like for ICE and the 2,150+ law enforcement agencies now participating in the 287(g) program.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 13/09/2026

Of the 134 participating agencies in the state today, just 42 were active on January 1st, 2026. Participation is 3x what it was just 8 months ago.

Screenshot of 'Active 287(g) Agreements map, filtered for + zoomed-in on Pennsylvania, with dots representing the 134 law enforcement agencies in the state with active ICE partnership agreements as of September 13, 2026.

https://datastudio.google.com/s/rEkGLScL6-4

Screenshot of 'Active 287(g) Agreements map, filtered for + zoomed-in on Pennsylvania, with dots representing the 42 law enforcement agencies in the state with active ICE partnership agreements as of January 01, 2026.

https://datastudio.google.com/s/rEkGLScL6-4

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 12/09/2026

Which is why I appreciate @willbunch.bsky.social including this quote re: people trying to avoid driving through districts in his new (must-read) piece on the THIRTEEN (13) local agencies, including the sheriff's office, that have joined in Schuylkill County, PA.

Screenshot of paragraph from linked Philadelphia Inquirer article

Text: “People are afraid to go out,” Medina — who immigrated to Schuylkill County from Honduras, became a U.S. citizen and a notary and insurance agent, and formed a local Latino support group, Puentes de Apoyo — told me when we met in a Hispanic-owned Pottsville pizza joint. “I’ve got one contractor who told me they’ve got to change routes because now they know that in Schuylkill Haven, even they can’t go over there. And the stress, mentally, that I’m seeing in these families of, ‘What am I going to do if this happens?’”

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/pennsylvania-immigration-arrests-287g-local-police-collaboration-20260910.html?id=EQw7jwvxFUVFX&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 10/09/2026

Here is a 'map' of the "Agentic AI" product market from Legaltech Hub. A lot of people in the industry think this is a good thing! Consider me a skeptic. www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/lth...

Image of an overwhelming list of 'Agentic AI in Legal Tech' products grouped by category from Legaltech Hub (August 2026)

https://www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/lth-ai-agents-in-legal-map-august-2026/?keyword=ai

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 08/09/2026

The day before Renee Good was murdered, the DHS twitter account posted "GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!". 8 months later, I stand by every word I wrote in response that day. These people are too dumb + inept to fully hide the digital and physical footprint of their corruption, cruelty, and violence.

LinkedIn post from Andrew Thrasher on top of a screenshot of a Twitter post from @DHSgov.

https://lnkd.in/p/gwD7rBzt

@DHSgov (Jan 6, 2026, 8:17AM): "GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS"

Andrew's post:
"Call me crazy, but I just want to live in a place where the government doesn't gleefully threaten an entire city via social media.

Or at least a place where the opposition party, media, business leaders, etc. care enough to call out this sick campaign of terror.

Like so much of U.S. Department of Homeland Security messaging nowadays, it's both ghoulish and pathetic. And while it might go unaddressed today, I hope the people who are posting this for DHS understand how IP addresses, audit logs, and FOIA requests work. If the U.S. public has anything to say about it, accountability is coming eventually."

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 07/09/2026

👀 New infographic on the financial incentives behind the explosion in Task Force 287(g) partnerships with ICE. 505 of the 1,730+ agencies with an active Task Force agreement joined the program in the past 90 days. Follow the money.

Infographic titled '287(g) Program Incentives'
Subtitle: Funding opportunities available to Task Force Model agencies.

$100,000 per agency to purchase new vehicle(s).

$7,500 per officer for ‘equipment’ expenses.

Salary + Overtime: payroll reimbursement for 287(g) designated officers.

$22,500 per child “wellness check” completed on ICE’s behalf.

State Grants are available for some participating agencies in Florida, Texas, and Tennessee.

$3 Billion in total DOJ grant funding available to participating agencies via OBBBA.

Learn more: tituslegaldesign.com/287g-program

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 06/09/2026

I like how this implies other countries are banning US cheeseburgers. And....whatever that is next to said burger.

Zoomed-in screenshot of part of a Trump AI slop infographic titled "Other countries cheat". The visible section reads 'Ban our food" and shows a hamburger and weird leaf-looking thing inside a crossed-out circle

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 05/09/2026

But they took it even further with this justification, choosing to redact parts of the agency's explanation re: the Acacia contract expiring.

From the Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC)

Text:
"The agency has identified Acacia, ICF, and Our Rescue as companies with core competencies and experience in providing services included in the scope of ORR's UAC legal services requirement. On July 2, 2026, the contracting officer inquired via email with Acacia as to its
interest in potentially providing ORR's requirement for full scope legal services under a
follow-on bridge contract
On July 9, 2026, Acacia Considering ORR determined
that it has an urgent requirement for transition-out services and performance of the full
requirements of the legal services after July 31, 2026. Despite
ORR and OMAS intend to make a good-faith effort to negotiate a sole-source, short-term
award with Acacia to support the transition of active cases from the predecessor bridge
contract 75P00125C00016 and continue direct legal representation services through each
case's transfer. As the predecessor contractor, Acacia possesses detailed knowledge of the
status of active cases and is privy to information protected by attorney-client privilege that
they must transfer directly to the new assigned attorneys.
On July 10, 2026, as part of market research, the contracting officer inquired via email with
ICF and Our Rescue as to each company's interest and capability in potentially providing
ORR's requirement for full scope legal services under a new bridge contract. On July 13,
2026, both companies confirmed that they were interested and capable of providing services
after July 31, 2026, and OMAS and ORR have determined that both are capable of providing
services with minimal interruption as they ramp up and transition cases from Acacia.
Alternative approaches present unacceptable risks of an extended transition gap or
degradation in legally required services for UAC, potentially violating the CLS injunction and
subjecting the Government to sanctions or other adverse consequences from the district
court, and potent…

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 05/09/2026

First of all, as @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social highlights, it was published on a Friday night at 6:50pm EDT before a long holiday weekend. It was also posted just before the 30-day deadline for providing a justification for the contracts w/ ICF + Our Rescue, originally awarded August 7th.

Screenshot from a SAM.gov Notice showing the "History" section, reflecting an Original Award Notice on August 22, 2026 and a Justification posted September 04, 2026

Screenshot of Award Details showing a Contract Award Date of August 7, 2026 and a General Information section for the Justification (Original) published September 04, 2026.

https://sam.gov/opp/7d8b71c5d23248d19afd9a8e40d29a2a/view#award

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 04/09/2026

In Florida, all 67 of the state's county sheriffs joined by last year. In Texas, 219 of 254 counties now participate (86%.) Tennessee: 76 of 95 counties (80%) Arkansas: 56 of 75 (75%) Missouri: 57 of 115 (50%) South Carolina: 21 of 46 (46%) Alabama: 29 of 67 (43%) Oklahoma: 33 of 77 (43%)

Screenshot of 'County-Level Agreements by State' dashboard page with visuals on county-level 287(g) agreements. On top is a table with detailed breakdowns by state, program model, and county population #s.

Below that is a table showing the per-state breakdown of # of counties participating today, # of total counties in the state, and participation %. Next to that table is the participation % mapped out as a US state map using a gradient filled area to reflect %

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 04/09/2026

But some are more meaningful than others. At least 46 of those 141 were consolidations, where an agency cancels one of multiple active agreements, but remains active in the program. So I've added a new label here to better classify each canceled agreement ⤵️ datastudio.google.com/s/lrucp1-jGh8

Screenshot of color-coded table of canceled 287(g) agreements showing signed/canceled dates, agency name, location, agreement type, cancelation reason, and notes.

Data + visuals available here:
https://datastudio.google.com/s/lrucp1-jGh8

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 04/09/2026

141 agreements have been canceled since December 2025. Here's a map of those cancelations:

Screenshot of "Canceled Agreements" section dashboard from 287(g) Program Report: https://datastudio.google.com/s/p7CqjyOGjSc

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/09/2026

Made an infographic covering some of the arrest numbers you might want to highlight if your town or county is debating a 287(g) agreement.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/09/2026

To avoid picking on PA entirely, here's Oklahoma: 1️⃣ at least 3,123 287(g) arrests since January 2025, with roughly 2,600 happening after ICE added new bounty incentives and reimbursement payments in Oct 2025 2️⃣ youngest arrest: 6 or 7 years old (born in 2019) datastudio.google.com/s/hij9T86SWCg

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/09/2026

Anyone else have a dog that plays tail drums while napping?

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 01/09/2026

On that note, I've added a state profile page to help filter the program arrest section in my report. Here's a breakdown of 1,330 287(g) arrests in Pennsylvania since Jan 1, 2025 ⤵️ datastudio.google.com/s/qYB7XTU9cc8

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/08/2026

Here's a good example of what I mean by "getting up to speed". In a July article in @timesfreepress.bsky.social, Jules Feeney highlighted emails from a Tennessee constable who was frustrated by ICE's onboarding process. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...

Screenshot of text from linked article (July 12, 2026):

"In an email to ICE on April 8, Brantley said he had located more than 200 unaccompanied migrant children up to that point.

Email exchanges between Fowler and ICE officials show that Fowler and Brantley were performing many of the out-of-state safety checks in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama together.

In a Nov. 22 email, Brantley asked an ICE supervisor how he and Fowler should log their findings and who would be eligible for the resulting incentive payments.

In response, the ICE official said he didn't think the system would allow each of the task force officers to submit their own data.

"As the metrics for this initiative are performance/outcomes-based and not labor-hour based, that is a good question on how to account for multiple TFOs supporting the effort, and we'll circle back with you," ICE's response said.

The files released to the newspaper do not include information about how much Brantley or Fowler had requested in child safety check incentives from ICE."

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/jul/12/tennessee-constable-could-see-394k-from-ice/

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/08/2026

Here's what that pathname used to look like (this is the screenshot I included in my FOIA). These people are pathetic, and I will very much enjoy helping to put this all together for public accountability purposes post-regime.

Screenshot of the 'Participating Agencies' section of ICE's 287(g) program landing page from Aug 7th 2026, with a file download pathname highlighted in the bottom-left corner showing 'https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/287g/participatingAgencies07202026.xlsx'

https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/08/2026

They haven't responded to my FOIA yet, but someone at ICE did update the CMS to move the 287(g) spreadsheet behind a publish folder so it doesn't give away their crappy data governance. (see bottom-left corner, where I've circled the new folder pathname).

Screenshot of the 'Participating Agencies' section of ICE's 287(g) program landing page, with a file download URL highlighted in the bottom-left corner showing a public folder (rather than the timestamp-based naming system previously used).

https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/08/2026

More context: bsky.app/profile/titu...

Screenshot of two combo line/bar charts stacked vertically. Both use month/year for the x-axis [January 2025 to July 2026], with bars representing volume of 287(g) arrests per month (with additional breakdown metric for criminality) and lines demonstrating respective monthly %s.

Both charts demonstrate that the 287(g) program arrests are increasing month to month both in volume and as a portion of total ICE arrests. Among those arrests, there is a growing number of 'Other immigration violator' arrests (i.e. people with no criminal record), now representing a majority of 287(g) arrests.
Full data and visuals are available here: https://datastudio.google.com/s/q2AYSovxfcc

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/08/2026

Another way to look at this is cumulative arrests. From Jan 1st through Sept 30th, 2025, roughly 5,700 people were arrested as a result of the 287(g) program. Then, the first set of program-related incentives (technically) started Oct 1st, 2025. Since then? Over 37,500 new program-related arrests.

Screenshot of a line chart of the roughly 43,400 cumulative 287(g) arrests month-to-month from Jan 2025 through July 2026, showing notable cumulative growth starting in late 2025 and increasing throughout 2026.

Data and full visual available here: https://datastudio.google.com/s/tkmYK-11g0c

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/08/2026

Just to reiterate, in July 2026: 3,604 of the 6,198 program-related arrests (58%) were for people with no criminal record. Only 1,002 of the 6.2K (16%) were for people with a criminal record. 287(g) arrests by criminality is now up on my report here: datastudio.google.com/s/ogNkYAakbD...

Combo chart, "287(g)-Related Arrests Leading to ICE Detention by month
of arrest and 'apprehension criminality,'" January 2025 through July
2026. Stacked bars show monthly arrest counts by category; dotted lines
show each category's share of the monthly total. Total arrests climb
from about 250 in January 2025 to about 6,200 in July 2026, and the
"Other Immigration Violator" category grows from roughly 1% to 58% of
arrests while "Convicted Criminal" falls from about 61% to 16%.

Chart + data here: https://datastudio.google.com/s/s4ZU8KmX160#cd-v2bkcyxu6d

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 26/08/2026

Ok, initial breakdown of 287(g)-related monthly arrests from the new @deportationdata.bsky.social FOIA release is up on my program report: datastudio.google.com/s/rGV_xN8MDjg

Screenshot of Google Data Studio page showing two combo bar/line charts showing monthly arrests made by ICE and its 287(g) partner agencies from January 2025 to July 2026. The first chart shows 287(g)-related arrests relative to total ICE arrests by month (showing an upward trend in % and positive correlation). The second chart shows the 287(g) arrests by month, with stacked sections to break down the total by 'Apprehension criminality': Criminal conviction (1), Pending Charges (2), Immigration Violation Only (3) + % Immigration Violation Only as a dotted line.

Actual data and visuals can be accessed here:
https://datastudio.google.com/s/rGV_xN8MDjg

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 25/08/2026

Will have this up on the actual program report tomorrow but here's a quick 🧵 rundown of how 287(g)-related arrests have grown month-to-month: 1️⃣ total volume – 🔺 up from 615 arrests in July 2025 to 6,198 in July 2026. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Stacked column chart with overlaid dotted lines showing each stack/section as % of total for each column (month). The left axis
("# of Arrests," 0–8,000) governs the columns; the right axis (0%–80%)
governs the lines.

Each month's bar stacks three ICE "apprehension criminality" categories: Convicted Criminal (1) in blue, Pending Criminal Charges (2) in red, and Other Immigration Violator (3) — people with no criminal conviction or pending charge — in yellow. Three dotted lines track the same three categories as a percentage of that month's total.

Volume: monthly 287(g)-related arrests rise from 247 in January 2025 to
6,198 in July 2026, roughly a 25-fold increase. Growth is gradual
through mid-2025 (984 in August 2025), then accelerates sharply from
September 2025 (1,711) onward, reaching 5,988 in June 2026.

Composition: arrests of people with no criminal conviction or pending
charge grow fastest — from 3 arrests (1.2%) in January 2025 to 3,604
(58.2%) in July 2026. That category overtakes both others to become the
largest share beginning in October 2025 (38.1%). Arrests of people with
pending charges rise from 93 (37.7%) to 1,592, but their share falls to
25.7%. Arrests of convicted criminals also rise in raw number — 151 to
1,002 — yet their share drops steadily from 61.1% to 16.2%, so the
declining blue line reflects a shrinking proportion, not fewer arrests.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 22/08/2026

Police departments for 2 tiny towns just outside Springfield, OH signed up for ICE's 287(g) program after the SCOTUS ruling re: Haitian TPS. The North Hampton, OH police dept. joined on June 29th, just days after the SCOTUS ruling on the 25th.

Screenshot of zoomed-in map of the Springfield, OH area showing two blue dots on the towns of Tremont City and North Hampton, both to Springfield's northwest.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 19/08/2026

Specifically, the service agreement mentions: "If the service provider has indicated they will participate in locating UACs within their jurisdiction, all work performed must be in accordance with the UAC Statement of Objectives and Performance Metrics, Responsibilities, and Incentives Overview."

Screenshot from 287(g) service agreement (marked September 2025):

"If the service provider has indicated they will participate in locating UACs within their jurisdiction, all work performed must be in accordance with the UAC Statement of Objectives and Performance Metrics, Responsibilities, and Incentives Overview. These two documents are available upon request and confirmation of participation in locating UACs within their jurisdiction. The two documents will be incorporated into the agreement once participation is verified.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 19/08/2026

Btw: Eric blocked me on LinkedIn when I called out his grift as ghoulish 😂 Here's what I wrote at the time, in case you're curious about Eric's background in "humanitarian response" work.

Screenshot of part of a Linkedin post from Andrew Thrasher in March 2026 referring to the CEO of Anovaeon LLC:

Like his previous stint as Deputy Director at another ICE contractor, Endeavors. According to Eric's LinkedIn, he:

"Led high stakes federal operations and contracting for one of the largest humanitarian response efforts in U.S. history. Spearheaded the rapid stand-up of a 3,000 bed shelter for unaccompanied minors and multiple family residential centers, collectively serving approximately 100,000 individuals in the first year."

But Eric forgot to include some important context in that description of time working as Deputy Director at Endeavors! From a DHS Office of the Inspector General report from 2022:

https://lnkd.in/gqCcs5hw

"ICE did not adequately justify the need for the sole source contract to house migrant families and spent approximately $17 million for hotel space and services at six hotels that went largely unused between April and June 2021. ICE’s sole source contract with Endeavors resulted in millions of dollars being spent on unused hotel space.

In addition, Endeavors did not meet new healthcare protocols or ensure proper COVID-19 testing for families. For example, families were not tested by ICE for COVID-19 prior to being transported to hotels and were not always tested by Endeavors staff upon arrival at or departure from hotels, putting migrant families and the outside population at risk of contracting COVID-19. Further, Endeavors did not follow required ICE standards to ensure the proper care for housing migrant families while such families were residing in its facilities."

Ghoulish.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 19/08/2026

This piece from @brennancenter.org (from 2023) is a really helpful breakdown of how HSI came to be the DHS surveillance behemoth it is today, and how it's simultaneously grown more invested and involved in the mass deportation machine, ERO's home turf. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Screenshot of intro paragraphs from June 2023 report from Brennan Center titled "A Realignment for Homeland Security Investigations".

Text:

In reality, however, HSI frequently involves itself in routine immigration enforcement focused on deporting undocumented workers — a responsibility assigned to ERO — for violations unrelated to complex criminal investigations.3 HSI’s broad authorities, coupled with a dearth of transparency, invite abuse and overreach. Repeated incidents, particularly over the course of Donald Trump’s presidency, highlight that few safeguards exist to limit these authorities.

Although the Biden administration has rolled back HSI’s involvement in deportations, the ease with which HSI and its considerable investigative and surveillance power have been co-opted reveals both HSI’s susceptibility to political manipulation and the risk that it will pursue similar — or more troubling — objectives in the future. Given the lack of transparency into HSI’s characterization of its work, oversight should be a priority under any administration.

In addition, HSI has increasingly pursued extensive intelligence-gathering operations and sought invasive surveillance tools to covertly amass and analyze personal data. Such tools raise civil liberties concerns when used by any law enforcement agency; they present magnified risks in the hands of DHS, with its documented history of targeting minority communities, journalists, and political activists.

It is past time for policymakers to limit HSI’s authority and establish stronger safeguards and accountability to prevent further abuse.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/realignment-homeland-security-investigations

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 17/08/2026

There are 3,144 counties and county equivalent jurisdictions in the US. In 903 (28.7%), at least one county-level agency has an active 287(g) — primarily sheriffs' offices, but also some district attorneys' offices, county jails, etc. What that looks like today v. 1 year ago (423 counties).

Filled area map of the 423 US counties (primarily distributed across Texas, the southeast, midwest, and Appalachia) participating in the 287(g) program on August 16, 2025.

https://datastudio.google.com/s/hzqcajP9ZZA

Filled area map of the 903 US counties (heavily distributed across Texas, the southeast, midwest, and Appalachia) participating in the 287(g) program on August 16, 2026.

https://datastudio.google.com/s/hzqcajP9ZZA

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 15/08/2026

Here's a static image version. Best viewed on desktop for now, or landscape on phones.

A three-part horizontal flow diagram tracing a connection between two federal programs.

https://www.tituslegaldesign.com/immigration-101/287-g/explore

On the left, an orange panel headed "UAC Legal Services Program (ORR)" lists two events. January 2025 to July 2026: ORR dismantles the existing network of 100-plus federal subcontractor organizations providing legal services for children under the UAC program. August 2026: ORR announces no-bid awards worth up to $394 million to unqualified organizations to take over those services.

An arrow points right to a yellow center panel labeled "The UAC 'Through Line,'" holding three linked items. UAC Monitoring — post-release home study and monitoring services for children released from ORR custody. 460,000 UAC "leads" — ORR shares internal records with ICE on up to 460,000 children previously in the agency's care. 287(g) + UAC NCC — ICE contracts to build a National Coordination Center supporting 287(g) and UAC program operations.

A second arrow points right to an orange panel headed "287(g) + UAC Safety Verifications (ICE)." October 2025: ICE adds reimbursement and quota-based financial incentives to encourage local and state police to sign Task Force 287(g) agreements. November 2025: ICE announces a new "UAC Safety Verification Initiative" in coordination with its 287(g) law enforcement partners, starting in Florida.

Screenshots of source documents sit below each panel: two Titus Legal Design articles by Andrew Thrasher — "The contract terms of an ethnic cleansing campaign" (August 11) and "A $22,500 Per-Child Bounty System" (July 17) — plus a Grants.gov listing (August 3, 2026), a Reuters article, "Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency" (July 28, 2026), and a Tennessee Lookout article, "Federal contract documents show ICE 24-hour call center planned for Adams, Tennessee" (August 11, 2026).

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 14/08/2026

Made a quick diagram to visualize this 'through line', from the UAC legal services boondoggle (@ ORR) ➡️ the UAC safety verification initiative (@ ICE). ICE is outsourcing some of this work to its Task Force 287(g) partners in local + state police, with per-child bounties up to $22,500.

Flowchart titled "The contract terms of an ethnic cleansing campaign," showing three linked stages read left to right. Left, "UAC legal services program": ORR dismantles the existing network of 100+ legal-services orgs, then gives no-bid contracts (~$394M) to Burke Law and Our Rescue. An arrow leads to the center, "The UAC 'through line,'" holding three connectors: post-release monitoring of UACs released from ORR care; ORR sharing 460,000 UAC "leads" with ICE; and a 24-hour 287(g) National Coordination Center in Adams, TN. A second arrow leads to the right stage, "287(g) + UAC Safety Verification": Task Force bounties of up to $22,500 per child "located," carried out by 1,460+ Task Force partner agencies. The diagram connects the dismantling of children's legal defense to their enforcement tracking, joined by ORR's data.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 13/08/2026

7️⃣ 903 county-level jurisdictions in the US, about 28.7%, now have at least one county agency participating. Here's what that looks like as a filled area map ⤵️

Filled area map of the 903 county-level jurisdictions across 36 states (heavily concentrated across the south, southeast/mid-atlantic, 'Rust Belt'/Appalachia, and the midwest.

Data here: https://datastudio.google.com/s/nALBKNfOkoQ

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