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Residents urge Carver County Board to reject or pause proposed ICE contract
Summary
Dozens of residents told the Carver County Board on Jan. 6 they oppose using the county jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, presenting a petition signed by 500+ people and citing fiscal, legal and community harms. Speakers asked the board to pause the decision for independent review.
Dozens of Carver County residents urged the County Board at its Jan. 6 organizational meeting to reject a proposed contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or at least pause the decision while an independent legal, fiscal and community-impact review is completed.
Hillary Pats, a Carver County resident of 22 years, told commissioners she was “here today to urge you not to enter into a contract with immigration and customs enforcement or at a minimum to pause the decision until its full financial, legal and community impacts can be independently evaluated.” Pats cited 2025 data she attributed to the Cato Institute and Syracuse University’s TRAC project that she said shows roughly 73% of people detained by ICE have no criminal record and that in-custody stays average 55–63 days.
The comments formed the core of an extended public-comment period: Sally Brown presented an original petition bearing more than 500 signatures asking…
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