Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said that his office will help Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “in any way we can,” as the agency begins to ramp up its targeting of undocumented people under President Donald Trump’s administration.

During an interview with media members Monday, Burch said he spoke with ICE agents that morning but could not go into specifics of the conversation.

The sheriff stated that he will work with ICE and provide transport vans, jail occupancy or personnel to assist the federal agency’s operations in Mobile County.

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“There’ll be teams picking people up as they’re able to identify persons who are, just known criminals that are here illegally,” Burch said.

“And we will work with them and assist them in any way we can. With personnel [and] if need be, I’ll make room in the jail for them until they’re processed and sent back.”

Burch said that ICE was already out “picking people up,” on Sunday in several counties in south Alabama including Mobile and Baldwin counties.

But while the emphasis may be on undocumented individuals with criminal backgrounds Burch said that he could see individuals without a criminal past, “collaterally,” being detained by ICE.

“You know, frequently as they will go looking for the individuals they’re looking for,” Burch said, “there will be several other people with them that are illegal. And collaterally, they will more than likely be detained as well.”

According to the American Immigration Council, about 3.6 percent of Alabama’s population are foreign-born. Immigrants make up about 9.1 percent of entrepreneurs in the state and 12.1 percent of construction workers.

Alabama’s undocumented immigrants went through a period of heightened concerns in 2011 after the state passed one of the nation’s toughest immigration laws.

HB 56 allowed Alabama police officers to demand documentation paperwork and required school officials to identify undocumented students. By 2013, courts had blocked most of the law from being implemented.

ICE raids and sweeping arrests have been known to separate families and lead to people being deported to violent situations.

During the first Trump administration in August 2019, 650 federal ICE agents arrested over 700 workers, mostly Latino, across seven Mississippi poultry plants.

The operation occurred on the first day of school for many children, who were left stranded at schools and day-cares with no guardian to pick them up.

Last week, Baldwin County Sheriff Jeff Lowery said he was in talks with federal officials to increase bed space at the county’s jail to hold more ICE detainees.

Burch said that he expects more activity from ICE in Mobile County in the coming days.