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County staff say bill would force local agencies into ICE-like role; sheriff cites training, staffing, liability concerns
Summary
County staff summarized Sheriff Easter—s objections to Senate Bill 178, saying the measure would effectively require local police and sheriff's deputies to perform immigration-enforcement tasks without federal training, sufficient staffing, or liability protections. The sheriff's association will pursue revisions at the committee level.
County staff told the commission that Sheriff Easter and other law-enforcement leaders have concerns with Senate Bill 178, which staff described as written in a way that would obligate local law enforcement to take on duties similar to those performed by federal immigration agents.
"Their officers are not…
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