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Residents Press Commissioners to Explain and Reconsider ICE 287(g) Agreement
Summary
Dozens of Clermont County residents used public comment to demand transparency and rescission of the county's reported $2.87 million memorandum with ICE related to 287(g) training and task force participation; commissioners said the county's contract covers training but declined to eliminate it immediately and agreed to provide additional information.
Dozens of residents pressed the Clermont County Board of Commissioners during public participation on Jan. 28 to explain and reverse a memorandum connected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the federal 287(g) program.
Julie Tolliver, a Batavia Township resident, described a packed meeting in neighboring Mount Orab where she said village officials had directed attendees to sign nondisclosure agreements and then excluded many residents from the room. "They feel like they don't know what's going on," Tolliver said, adding that secrecy around the project had united people across political lines.
Several speakers asked the board to cancel what they described as a $2.87 million contract with ICE. "We…
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