BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of PA's Bucks County, has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE

[In It to Win It]

BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE.

Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:

— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T17:06:40.681Z

[Faux pas]

1. ...

[displacedvermoter]

2. Promise made, promise kept!

[mountain grammy]

8. Yep, that's what he ran on!

[FalloutShelter]

16. Asolutely... that's why we put him there and more...

Heard him speak at the No Kings rally last year and he was awesome.
Dan -

[mountain grammy]

18. I saw him on a video.

And said YES! Total truth. Honesty! What a concept!

Edited to add Thank You!

[sheshe2]

3. Excellent news!

From the link:

Many in this county were outraged when Harran in April signed an agreement to assist federal immigration authorities through ICE’s 287(g) program. Bucks County, north of Philadelphia, is home to some 650,000 people, roughly 1 in 9 of whom were born outside the United States.

Since Donald Trump’s return to office, local and state agencies across the country have rushed in huge numbers to aid his deportation campaign by joining 287(g), which authorizes local law enforcement officers to act as federal immigration agents. The agreement in Bucks County granted Harran’s deputies the power to question the immigration status of people they encounter and to serve and execute arrest warrants on ICE’s behalf.

Harran faced pushback from his own county’s commissioners, who argued he had no authority to sign the contract. He also faced a lawsuit from the ACLU and protests from angry residents. And his Democratic challenger, Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old attorney and Army veteran, spoke up against the ICE partnership, putting the issue at the center of his campaign.

Ceisler defeated Harran by 11 percentage points last week, a margin of roughly 25,000 votes. He confirmed to Bolts after his victory that he intends to terminate the 287(g) agreement once he enters office.

[ShazzieB]

9. Great news!

I never even heard of the 287(g) program until now, but it sounds awful. Congrats to Danny Ceisler on his win and to Bucks County for getting rid of that other dude!

[sheshe2]

12. He won by a hefty margin.

I agree, this is great news and we need more of this!

TY, ShazzieB.

[COL Mustard]

25. Wonder what the RWNJs will say about the Sheriff now?

A few years back they were all up in arms about "Constitutional Sheriffs" being the only legit law enforcement in the country. Wonder if they will still hold true to that belief?


I don't think I'll hold my breath.

[Cha]

10. Fascinating Reading.. Mahalo, she!

Whoa I rally Like Dem Dan Ceisler

Harran faced pushback from his own county’s commissioners, who argued he had no authority to sign the contract. He also faced a lawsuit from the ACLU and protests from angry residents. And his Democratic challenger, Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old attorney and Army veteran, spoke up against the ICE partnership, putting the issue at the center of his campaign.

Just a short interesting snip..

Personal life

Ceisler is married to Helen and they live in Bristol Borough. He is also a co-owner of Naked Brewing Company.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Ceisler

[sheshe2]

13. Thanks for the wiki link, Cha.

Impressive resume.

[Cha]

15. YVW... Really, Very Impressive!

[FakeNoose]

22. He's co-owner of the Naked Brewing Company?! How great is this?

I love the guy already. He should run for Governor some day.

[Cha]

29. Yes... it looks like Danny Ceisler

is building a great resume with his life of Service

TY

[AZJonnie]

4. This is what happens when our side just SHOWS THE FUCK UP on election day

Proverbially at least.

[Magoo48]

21. Yup

[orangecrush]

5. YES

[Cha]

6. There's a New Sheriff in Town, Baby!

So Happy for Bucks County!

TY

[AllyCat]

7. Amazing! I hope other counties and communities do this.

Piece by piece maybe we can start to limit their scope.

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. If ICE finds a way to get around it.

It will be a stand off of Waco proportions.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. ding. this .!

[ColoringFool]

17. County Contiguous With Mine! Go, PA! 👍💙 That's Why.....

I cannot abide the slur "Pennsyltucky"!

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I hope that is a sign that we can finally flip PA-1

and get rid of Brian Fitzpatrick there. We need that seat!

When it was originally PA-8, it was briefly flipped to (D) (Patrick Murphy, an early supporter of Obama) in 2006 and 2008, but the 2010 teabagger catastrophe flipped it back to (R). PA-1 makes up about the entirety of Bucks county (with some slivers of Montgomery County).

The Inky had a front page story about the Philadelphia Police and how about 1/3rd of them live outside the city - the largest share in Lower Bucks, and that is where you see red votes in what is finally become more purple and swing.

More Philadelphia police live outside the city than ever before

[malthaussen]

20. Which is significant, because Bucks is a very conservative county.

Lots of rich people live there. Yeah, they have Levittown, too -- but it's not like the denizens of Levittown are particularly liberal either. Lots of two-pickup-truck families there.

-- Mal

[some_of_us_are_sane]

26. Believe it!

The "ICE" is cracking!.

[Martin68]

23. The Resistance is strong!

[red dog 1]

24. Here's every local police agency enforcing for ICE

https://themarkup.org/2025/04/16/law-enforcement-ice-cooperation-tracker

[sheshe2]

28. Thanks for that link, red dog.

I am shocked to see there are 7! from FL. Shocked I tell ya.

All red states, though I must say, there are not many precincts on that list and that is a good thing.

[Initech]

27. Thank you Dan Ceisler! Fuck ICE!!!!