On June 17th, 2020 the Jail Board held a vote on the 287(g) agreement. During the meeting Sheriff Glen Hill made a motion for its renewal. None of the other board members seconded his motion and thus the agreement expired per its agreed upon ending of June 30th, 2020.

There were reports of I.C.E activity following 287(g)’s expiration date.

InsideNOVA quoted Matthew Munroe, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal operations director as saying “This deterioration of the relationship with Prince William County [the end of 287(g)] will certainly have public safety consequences for the people of the county,” Munroe says in the release. “When law enforcement agencies work together, we put public safety first. Instead, like we’ve seen in Montgomery and Prince George counties in Maryland, when policies like this put politics first, it is a certainty that individuals who otherwise would have been safely transferred to ICE custody will be released to the street, in some cases reoffending.”

We contacted the Prince William-Manassas Regional Jail Board and received a reply from Sheriff and Jail Board Chair Glen Hill.

He said “The Jail Board at it June 17, 2020 meeting decided to not vote to renew the 287(g) agreement between the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Whatever comments ICE wants to make is entirely up to ICE. As Chair of the Jail Board, I have no comments.”