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Residents criticize county detention center ties with ICE; sheriff says Oldham County has no 287(g) agreement
Summary
Multiple speakers at Oldham County Fiscal Court condemned the county's relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Sheriff Tim Wakefield publicly stated the sheriff's office has no 287(g) agreement and attributed an ICE website listing to error.
Public comment at Oldham County Fiscal Court included extended criticism of the county’s role in detaining immigrants and alleged cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several speakers urged the fiscal court to halt or defund arrangements they described as creating perverse incentives to detain people for profit.
Michael Slider, speaking for Kentucky Citizens for Democracy, described the county’s detention operation and contracts with federal agencies as "a money-making operation" and said the county’s detention center appeared on ICE’s website as an ICE detention center. Slider urged the court to reconsider agreements that he said risked bypassing due process. He added that local procurement of…
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