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Residents urge Rutherford County to end 287(g) agreements during heated public comment
Summary
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to call on the commission to withdraw from 287(g)/ICE agreements, describe fear and harm from immigration enforcement, and request transparency from commissioners and the sheriff's office; commissioners responded by urging communication and offering tours of the jail.
A sustained series of public comments at the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 12 pressed the board to end local participation in 287(g) agreements with federal immigration authorities.
Speakers described personal fear and alleged harms caused by immigration enforcement. Carson Bolin, a resident who said he lives in District 21, urged the commission to "cancel 287g, and I want ICE out of our community," arguing the county should not facilitate deportations. Several other speakers echoed that call; one said,…
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