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Residents urge Sussex County to refuse ICE operations and oppose proposed Roxbury detention site
Summary
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to urge the commissioners to limit or condemn ICE activity, and several speakers asked the county to join Roxbury and other towns in opposing a proposed Department of Homeland Security warehouse-to-detention conversion in Roxbury.
Multiple residents addressed the Board of County Commissioners during an extended public-comment period to raise concerns about immigration enforcement, ICE tactics, and a reported Department of Homeland Security plan to purchase a warehouse in Roxbury (public commenters characterized the planned facility as a detention center).
Ken Collins of Andover Township described ICE operations in the state and urged the commissioners to adopt changes to county policy that would conform with civil-rights guidance (Ken Collins: "They asked for a substantive response within 2 weeks..."). Sierra Wilson (Bud…
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