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Sep 24, 2026

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WAMC (Elias Guerra)TIER 2

Backfill: Orange County Sheriff Paul Arteta joins the 15-sheriff suit against the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, saying losing the ICE jail-housing contract leaves a $10M hole in the county budget; a Democratic county legislator says she learned of his move from the press

Published Sept. 16. Orange County has housed ICE detainees at its jail since 2008; DHS has 60 business days from Aug. 24 to move non-criminal detainees out. The $10M figure is the sheriff's own claim, not an audited number. FAIR's lead attorney says briefing on the injunction request is complete and the Northern District has not ruled.

Aug 29, 2026

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AM 1480 WLEA News (Brian O'Neil)TIER 3

Steuben County legislature will vote in September on letting Sheriff Allard join the 15 sheriffs suing over the 287(g) ban

Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard wants to join Bourgault v. Hochul (No. 1:26-cv-01637, NDNY), the FAIR-backed suit by 15 sheriffs challenging the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act; the county legislature will vote at its September meeting on authorizing him. Steuben is one of the four counties AG James subpoenaed Aug 19 over 287(g) agreements. Hochul and James jointly called the suit "a frivolous waste of taxpayer dollars."

Aug 26, 2026

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Federation for American Immigration Reform (press release via PR Newswire)TIER 3

FAIR names the sheriffs' case: Bourgault v. Hochul, No. 1:26-cv-01637 (N.D.N.Y.), with an emergency TRO motion and a Nov. 25 detention-contract deadline

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) announced on Aug. 26 that it is counsel to the fifteen sheriffs and identified the case as Bourgault et al. v. Hochul et al., No. 1:26-cv-01637 (N.D.N.Y.). The linked complaint and emergency motion PDFs are dated Aug. 25, 2026. The sheriffs seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against both the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act and the Attorney General's newly created Office of Immigrant Trust. Per the release, the motion asks the court to stop the state from voiding 287(g) agreements as of Aug. 25, 2026 and from forcing termination of federal detention housing agreements by Nov. 25, 2026 — that November date comes from the plaintiffs' filing and has not been confirmed against a state source. FAIR's Dale Wilcox and counsel Mateo Forero frame the claims as impairment of existing contracts and an intrusion on the constitutional authority of the elected sheriff; the release does not enumerate causes of action, name a judge, or state a hearing date, and no ruling on the TRO has been reported.