KALISPELL — In 2020, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office resigned an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement called 287 (g) that allows the detention center to temporarily hold individuals that need to be transported to federal facilities. Sheriff Brian Heino said the agreement is strictly tied to the detention center and does not allow sheriff’s deputies to act as ICE agents in the field. Sheriff Heino said his office partners with multiple federal agencies on crimes such as dangerous narcotics, child pornography and illegal immigration by temporarily holding federal inmates. Danielle Tuhy is a community organizer with Flathead Democracy and was one of dozens of Flathead residents that recently spoke at a county commissioners meeting asking the sheriff’s office to cut ties with federal immigration authorities and nullify the 287 (g) agreement. Sheriff Heino said his agency will continue to follow the agreement under the same discretion as years past.