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Commissioners debate inviting ICE to present about housing detainees at county jail
Summary
Commissioners discussed whether to invite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to present about placing detainees in the Rockingham County jail. Some commissioners supported hearing the agency, while others said staffing and program priorities for the new building counsel caution.
Members of the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners debated whether to invite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the county for a presentation about housing ICE detainees during the March 13 meeting.
One commissioner said constituents and a former elected official had asked the board to examine ICE arrangements and suggested the agency be invited to lay out its request. "I would request that we at least allow them to come in," the commissioner said,…
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