On March 2nd, Carroll, New Hampshire, with a population of just 820, received a $122,515 wire transfer from the **DHS**, marking it as one of the first beneficiaries of the Trump administration's push to integrate local officers into federal immigration enforcement efforts. **The 287(g) Program: A Closer Look** Four months prior, Carroll joined **DHS**'s "Task Force Model," a component of the 287(g) program. This agreement essentially commits the town's police department to assisting **ICE** in federal immigration enforcement. All four of Carroll's full-time officers signed up as task force officers, in exchange for **DHS** covering associated costs, including salaries. As of March 23rd, **ICE** data indicates that 920 law enforcement agencies have enrolled in this program, including 500 town, village, and city police departments. **Financial Incentives and Recruitment Tactics** Emails obtained through public records requests shed light on **ICE**'s recruitment strategies. **ICE** offered up to $7,500 for equipment per trained officer and $100,000 for a new vehicle for departments submitting a new memorandum of agreement. According to emails from **ICE** to the police chief in Carroll, the agency also pledged to cover officers’ annual salaries, up to a quarter of those salaries in overtime costs and quarterly financial awards between $500 and $1,000 based on each officer’s percentage rate of “successful location of aliens provided by **ICE**.” **Concerns Over Transparency and Data Control** While a public agreement exists between Carroll and **ICE**, records reveal a separate, nonpublic “service agreement” addressing liability. This private agreement stipulates that information obtained through the agreement is “under the control of **ICE**” and subject only to federal records requests, potentially limiting public access. The public agreement states that Carroll officers, if named in a lawsuit related to federal immigration enforcement, “may” request representation from the Department of Justice. The private agreement contains an additional pledge: If Carroll is named as part of a lawsuit by an immigrant challenging their immigration status or detention, **ICE** “will request that **DOJ** be responsible for the defense of any suit.” This private agreement also mandates that Carroll notify **ICE**'s Office of Congressional Relations of any information requests from members of Congress and clear press releases with **ICE**'s public affairs office. **Impact on Access to Records** The private agreement's stipulations appear to be impacting access to records. Following a records request filed with Auburn, another New Hampshire town with a task force agreement, a police lieutenant stated that the department would need to coordinate with the **Department of Homeland Security** before releasing records.