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Residents urge Butler County to end ICE detainee contracts; commissioners defend jail purchases
Summary
Multiple residents asked Butler County commissioners to terminate the county's agreements that allow ICE detainees to be held in the county jail. Commissioners and staff cited existing intergovernmental agreements, reimbursement procedures and a recently purchased adjacent building that contains critical jail infrastructure.
Dozens of residents on Tuesday urged Butler County's commissioners to terminate contracts and memoranda of understanding that allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to be held in the Butler County Jail.
Speakers including Karen Albrecht, Linda Spurrier, Ellen Price, Kathy McMahon Klosterman, Anne Jansen and others described recent national immigration enforcement operations and said county facilities should not be used to detain people they characterized as immigrants without due process. "We might want to reconsider our association with ICE," Karen Albrecht said during public comment. Ellen Price asked what it would take for the county to end the contract and emphasized the role of detention…
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