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Residents press Winchester council to end ICE contract for juvenile detention
Summary
Multiple Winchester residents urged the City Council during public comment to end a contract that allows ICE to detain immigrant children at the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center, citing family separation, trauma and lack of oversight; council took no formal action at the meeting.
Dozens of Winchester residents used the council’s public comment period Dec. 9 to urge the city to end its contract and financial relationship that permits Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrant children at the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
Speakers described petitions, FOIA research and first-hand observations. Claire Strobakas said a petition with more than 500 online signatures was delivered to the council and called for immediate termination of the contract. Chelsea Dicus read a drafted…
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