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Residents urge Butler County commissioners to end ICE jail contract; commissioners take no public action
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Butler County Board of Commissioners to rescind or pause the county jail contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Commissioners said cancelling the contract would not stop ICE activity and moved later to an executive session on legal matters; no vote to end the contract occurred at the meeting.
At the Sept. 2 meeting of the Butler County Board of Commissioners, multiple residents urged the commission to discontinue the jail contract between the Butler County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying the arrangement is inhumane and harms county residents. The board did not vote to end or pause the contract; later in the meeting commissioners recessed into an executive session citing pending or imminent litigation.
Why it matters: Speakers said the contract allows local detention of immigrants for civil immigration matters and raised concerns about due process, county liability and use of local resources. Several speakers referenced an opinion by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and asked the commissioners to respond publicly about why the contract was approved and whether the county will continue it.
Multiple speakers told the board they want the contract ended. “I would like to live in a community that's welcoming…
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