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Residents urge Huerfano County commissioners to oppose proposed ICE detention center
Summary
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to urge Huerfano County commissioners to block or investigate plans for an ICE detention facility and to hold a public information meeting; commissioners said the county’s land-use authority is limited when the federal government is directly involved.
Dozens of residents told the Huerfano County Board of County Commissioners during public comment on July 8 that they oppose plans to turn local prison property into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, calling the facility inhuman and urging the county to use every available authority to stop it.
Speakers said the company CoreCivic and a private contractor, identified in public remarks as Apex Site Services, are seeking to operate a detention facility in the area. Multiple commenters asked the commission to hold a public information meeting, research whether a 287(g) agreement applies to Huerfano County, and examine permits or contracts that would allow federal immigration enforcement to house detainees locally.
The residents’ remarks tied the proposed facility to constitutional and humanitarian concerns. Daniel Cornell, who identified himself as a Walsenburg homeowner, invoked family history and told commissioners, “If he walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and wants to put a concentration camp in your…
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