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Residents urge Butler County to end ICE detention contract, cite jail conditions and demand transparency
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to urge commissioners to terminate Butler County's contract with ICE, raise concerns about jail conditions and request unscheduled inspections and more transparency about ICE detainees in county jails.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting a series of residents asked the Board of Commissioners to end Butler County’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), raise concerns about conditions in county jails, and request broader transparency and oversight.
Multiple speakers criticized the contract and compared ICE tactics to historical abuses, called for a halt to local cooperation with ICE, and asked the county to support comprehensive immigration reform. Brooke Hall of Oxford asked the board to end the contract, saying the county’s silence "condones…
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