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League of Women Voters urges county to end contracts housing immigrants in ICE custody
Summary
Lisa Lee Kohler of the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown asked the Mahoning County commissioners to terminate any contracts that would detain immigrants with no criminal history, citing an Ohio Attorney General opinion that counties may voluntarily contract with ICE. A resident speaker disagreed; commissioners did not act.
Lisa Lee Kohler, president of the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown, told the Mahoning County commissioners on Oct. 9 that the league urges commissioners to terminate any contracts that would have the county detain immigrants who have no history of criminal activity.
Kohler told the board that the league supports federal immigration reform and, pending reforms, believes counties should not participate in civil detention of noncriminal immigrants. She referenced a recent opinion by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, saying, "Ohio…
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