Available invoices show New York county jails billed Immigration and Customs Enforcement nearly $18.1 million between January 2025 and July 2026, according to New York Focus.
The total excludes Nassau County, which had not provided the requested billing records.
Broome County charged more than $1.2 million through June, and the outlet found that 18 of the 22 people held there for ICE in April had been detained for months.
A state law passed in May prohibits county jails from holding ICE detainees after Nov. 25, and several sheriffs, including Broome County’s Fred Akshar, are challenging it.
Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said his department stopped housing ICE detainees earlier this year because the payments did not justify the costs.
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