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Bradford County residents urge pause to talks about converting Douglas Building into ICE detention site
Summary
Scores of local residents told the Bradford County commissioners they oppose talks to convert the county-owned Douglas Building into an ICE detention facility, citing infrastructure strain, procedural notice concerns, oversight and humanitarian risks and urging a pause for public briefings and impact reviews.
Residents filled the public-comment period at a Bradford County Board of County Commissioners meeting to press the board to pause talks about converting the county-owned Douglas Building into a federal immigration detention facility and demand fuller public briefings and infrastructure reviews.
Speakers representing neighborhood groups, the Sierra Club and other local organizations said the January 15 agenda item was described to the public as a generic warehouse proposal but later revealed connections to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or federal detention use. "It never mentioned ICE, DHS, or federal detention," said Anya Griffith, who said she runs grassroots group Protect Rural Florida and asked for "full public briefings and impact reviews before any further action on the…
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