Sheriff’s Office to enforce Warrant Service Officer Model with ICE under Texas’ Senate Bill 8
Heriberto Perez Lara
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso County Commissioners Court received a presentation Monday from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office regarding Texas Senate Bill 8.
SB 8 requires sheriffs in counties with populations over 10,000 to enter into 287(g) agreements with ICE; it was passed by the state legislature and signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025.
Under the bill, Sheriffs can enter into three agreements with ICE; the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has chosen the Warrant Service Officer program, which allows officers to serve and execute administrative warrants on migrants in the sheriff’s office’s custody at county jails.
ABC-7 spoke with County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, Chief Emmanuel Soria and with the Border Network for Human Rights’ Executive Director, Fernando Garcia, about Senate Bill 8.
Watch the full story tonight on ABC-7 at 5 and 6.