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Residents deliver petition urging Rockingham County not to contract with ICE; speakers say trust in local law enforcement at stake
Summary
At the Nov. 6 meeting, residents delivered a petition with more than 500 signatures from the New Hampshire Immigrant Rights Network opposing any county contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/ICE to house detainees, and a Portsmouth resident called such a contract damaging to community trust in crisis response.
Public commentators at Rockingham County’s Nov. 6 meeting urged the board to reject any contract to house U.S. Department of Homeland Security/ICE detainees in county facilities.
Kathleen Slover of Portsmouth said she represents families focused on crisis intervention and described work with local law enforcement to improve trust: "When you hear stories of law enforcement being pulled into ICE operations, it erodes…
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