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Stafford supervisors say no ICE application on file as residents urge action
Summary
Stafford County leaders told a packed meeting Feb. 3 there is no county application for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, while many residents urged the board to take proactive measures—letters, public hearings and zoning blocks—to prevent one from being sited here.
Chairman Deontay Diggs told the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 that county staff have reviewed documents that prompted public concern and found no formal proposal, permit or application for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Stafford. “At this time, Stafford County is not aware of any immigration and customs enforcement facility planned, approved, or under development in our community,” Diggs said.
Why it matters: Hundreds of county residents attended the meeting and dozens used the public-comment period to press the board for clear, public steps to oppose any future effort to site a large federal detention operation in Stafford. Speakers said the mere…
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