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Residents urge commissioners to end ICE detainee contract and press for jail oversight; board extends public‑comment time to three minutes
Summary
Two residents told commissioners they oppose Butler County Sheriff’s contract to hold ICE detainees and urged termination of the agreement and increased oversight of the jail. The board also adopted a change to public‑comment time limits, increasing allotment from two to three minutes effective at that meeting.
Two residents used the public‑comment period to urge the Butler County Board of Commissioners to terminate the sheriff’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to increase oversight of county jail operations.
Anne Jansen, of 218 West Elkton Road, said she obtained the sheriff’s contract with ICE and criticized the absence of an expiration date in the contract: “I can see that there is no…
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