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Residents urge humane alternatives to ICE detentions; commissioners and staff respond

5762485 · September 16, 2025
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During the public comment period, multiple Butler County residents urged commissioners to seek humane approaches and due process for people detained under federal immigration enforcement and to limit local detention cooperation.

Multiple Butler County residents used the meeting's public comment period to urge county leaders to limit or change local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and to seek alternatives to detaining immigrants locally.

Speakers including Barb Adams, Dr. Linda Snow Griffin, Linda Spurrier, Anne Brown, Steve Holmquist, Karen Albrecht and Anne Janssen described concerns that enforcement actions were driving immigrants and families into fear, harming…

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