Lauren Stanforth is reporting for the Times Union Albany County will receive millions of dollars this year for housing federal immigration detainees at its county jail, far more than it typically received for boarding people at the facility. The county collected $7.1 million by the end of November, more than half of it from reimbursements by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of the current U.S. administration's push to place undocumented people in federal custody. The 1,040-bed jail held more than 300 ICE detainees this summer, and the federal government paid Albany County $119 per day, per person. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said the number has since been reduced to about 100 people. The estimated $8.1 million that will be received by year's end for all jail boarders will go into the county's general coffers. The Albany County Legislature last week allocated more than $900,000 in ICE revenue toward a tax break for county property owners in 2019. The legislature said it also was using $6 million in projected increases in sales tax to reduce property taxes by 4.3 percent. For decades the federal government has been criticized by auditors for its over-payment to outside facilities to house people in federal custody. The issue has become controversial in recent months as reports have surfaced about private corporations making millions from holding adults and children detained by ICE. Read the full story in the Times Union.