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Residents tell commissioners federal immigration contract risks legal and community harms
Summary
Public commenters at the Dec. 30 Mahoning County commissioners meeting warned that the sheriff's contract with federal authorities enables immigration-only arrests in the county, cited dozens of detainees listed for immigration offenses and said pending federal lawsuits raise potential county liabilities.
Gina Powell, a Canfield resident, told the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 30 that she reviewed jail records and found dozens of people listed with federal immigration offenses only, and she warned the county's contract with federal authorities could permit local participation in immigration-only arrests.
Powell said "the 62 people that are in there now, their only federal offense is immigration," and told commissioners she feared such enforcement would harm trust in policing, depress…
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