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Jenkins took issue with all those numbers.

Casa de Maryland arrived at $161,000 in training by determining the average weekly salary of a deputy at the jail and on patrol, multiplying it by the number of deputies who trained in the 287G program, and multiplying that by the number of weeks they were in training.

Jenkins responded that the officers who trained in the program were not paid extra. ‘‘We would be paying them anyway,” he said.

Casa de Maryland determined annual staffing of $2,091,913 by multiplying the average salary of a full-time deputy on patrol by 10 (the number that trained); multiplying the average salary of a full-time deputy at the jail by 16 (the number that trained); and adding those two together.

Jenkins said that is not fair. Deputies in the program will still perform their regular duties; checking immigration status is an additional responsibility. ‘‘We have not hired any additional staff, and we don’t plan on hiring additional staff,” he said.

Casa de Maryland determined it would cost Frederick County $856,386 to jail illegal immigrants using costs from Prince William County, Va.

Jenkins said using costs from Prince William County is not fair or accurate, in part because costs vary from county to county and inmate to inmate.

Jenkins also took issue with Casa de Maryland’s claims that the Latino inmate population has increased dramatically over the last three years.

As of Wednesday, 460 inmates are being held at the detention center, 106 of whom are Hispanic.

However, 51 of those 106 were not arrested in Frederick County; they are being held through a separate partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

‘‘They’re arguments just don’t fly,” he said. ‘‘We have people closely monitoring the program. ICE is closely monitoring the program every day. ... We don’t arrest people because of their race. I can’t help it if they break the law.”

Representatives from Casa de Maryland could not be reached for comment on Jenkins’s reaction to the report by The Gazette deadline Wednesday.

Casa de Maryland also recommended that Jenkins put a halt to the 287G program, a request he has no intention of honoring. ‘‘We’re going to keep going,” he said.