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Resident warns trustees of potential lawsuits tied to county’s ICE contract
Summary
Canfield resident Chris Harris told trustees a federal judge found at least one detention unlawful and that the detainee’s attorney plans to sue ICE, federal authorities and the county jail, and he raised concerns that ICE has shifted detainee health-care responsibility to the county.
Chris Harris, a Canfield resident who spoke during public comment, told Mahoning County trustees on Nov. 13 that he expects litigation tied to the county’s contract involving ICE detainees.
Harris said a man who had been held at NEOCC and in the Mahoning County jail for 75 days had “his day in court” before a federal judge, and that the judge “demanded he be released immediately and said that his imprisonment was unlawful.” Harris said the man’s attorney told him last week that he will file suit naming ICE, the federal government and the county jail. “So right now, there will…
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