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Residents urge Butler County to end ICE detentions at county jail, cite fear and lack of transparency
Summary
Multiple residents told Butler County commissioners during public comment that the county—s jail should not be used to hold people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and said deputizing local officers as ICE agents chills community participation and business activity.
Several Butler County residents used public comment time at the commissioners— meeting to urge officials to stop the use of the Butler County Jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees and to oppose credentialing county deputies as ICE agents. Speakers said the practice has created fear among immigrants and reduced attendance at local businesses and events. "I don't want our immigrants living in fear," resident Anne Brown said, adding that immigrants "are paying income, property, and business taxes"…
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