The Collin County Sheriff's Office wants to apply for up to $500,000 from a U.S. Department of Justice program that pays local agencies for immigration-related enforcement, and county commissioners are scheduled to take up the request Monday.
The request is on the consent agenda for the Commissioners Court's regular meeting at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12.
What the grant would pay for
The program is the DOJ's fiscal 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws grant, known as ANGEL. In the county's application form, signed Sept. 28 by sheriff's Capt.
Chris Campbell, the office describes it as federal money for state and local governments to combat illegal immigration, paying for the arrest, detention and prosecution of people tied to crimes such as drug and human smuggling.
The sheriff's office says it would spend the money on vehicles, equipment and technology to enforce criminal offenses tied to immigration, human trafficking, gangs and drugs. The form says the money would help deputies find, arrest, jail and prosecute offenders it describes as having committed serious crimes while in the country unlawfully, and that federal reimbursement would ease costs county taxpayers would otherwise cover.
The county would not have to put up matching money. The grant would run from Dec. 1, 2026, through Nov. 30, 2029, and the application is due Oct. 20, according to the county's paperwork.
The agenda item asks only for permission to apply. Whether the county receives any money, and how much, would be up to the Justice Department.
