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Johnson County supervisors adopt resolution urging Congress to restrict DHS funding; board approves site plan and contracts
Summary
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 5 to adopt a resolution urging Congress to withhold additional Department of Homeland Security funding without ‘‘meaningful and significant guardrails,’’ and also approved a series of routine contracts, a site plan, and grants during a largely unanimous session.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to not provide additional funding to the Department of Homeland Security without ‘‘meaningful and significant guardrails’’ that would limit certain immigration enforcement tactics, require warrants for enforcement, prohibit funding for private detention facilities that endanger health and due process, and ensure independent investigations of alleged abuses.
The resolution, as read during the meeting, asks Congress to end border patrol deployments and other enforcement surges into cities, require warrants and bans on masked agents for immigration enforcement, restore access to bond hearings, prohibit funding for private detention facilities that…
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