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Resident urges Clermont County sheriff to withdraw from 287(g) agreement with ICE
Summary
During public participation Daniel Klett urged the commissioners to call on Sheriff Christopher Stratton to withdraw Clermont County from any 287(g) agreement with ICE, calling the program racially profiling and part of an 'arrest‑to‑deportation pipeline.' The board made no formal response in the meeting record.
During the public‑participation period of the Dec. 17 meeting, Daniel Klett of Miami Township asked the Clermont County Board of Commissioners to urge Sheriff Christopher Stratton to withdraw the county from any 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Klett said the 287(g) model "is rooted in racial profiling" and argued it expands a local "arrest‑to‑deportation pipeline," asserting that deputized local officers are not immigration experts and that such agreements erode trust in law enforcement. He urged the board to call on the sheriff to withdraw from the agreement; the transcript records no immediate response or formal referral, and no board action on the request is recorded.
The comment is the only public input on immigration enforcement recorded in the meeting minutes. Commissioners proceeded to other agenda items, and the board did not place the subject on the record as an agenda referral during the session.
