The partnership between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the county was announced Wednesday afternoon in a Facebook post. A spokesperson for the department, Shannon Volkodav, said the memorandum of understanding Conway signed this week to continue the 287(g) program does not have an expiration date.

The program, which has become a point of controversy in the county, lets deputies place ICE detainers on foreign-born arrestees who are charged with committing a local crime and brought to the county jail.