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Residents press Rockingham County commissioners for transparency on sheriff's 287(g) agreement and potential costs
Summary
Several Rockingham County residents used the May 8 budget public hearing to demand details about a 287(g) task-force agreement between the sheriff's office and federal immigration authorities and to ask whether county taxpayers could be liable for related costs.
Several Rockingham County residents used the May 8 budget public hearing to demand information about a 287(g) task-force agreement involving the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration authorities, pressing commissioners for clarity about costs, oversight and liability.
Neil Raven of Hampton asked whether appropriations in the county budget would support cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "If the appropriations that you're talking about going between ICE and Rockingham County, would they be used to buy our officers such materials, so masks and stuff like that?" Raven asked. Senior Director of Finance Chuck Negerson responded that there is no line item in the county budget to fund ICE operations and that the…
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