Weare, Hillsborough police departments join ICE ‘task force’ contracts

By: CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Outlets: Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 260

Last Updated: 2 days, 16 hours ago


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Police departments in Weare and Hillsboro joined a federal immigration enforcement contract, beginning a process that will allow local police officers to conduct some immigration operations.

Weare entered the contract, called a 287(g) agreement, on June 2, according to a list of participating agencies kept by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hillsborough joined on May 31. Copies of the contracts were not yet publicly available.

The agreements under ICE’s so-called “task force” model …

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