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Residents press Butler County to end contract with ICE during public comment
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Butler County commissioners to end the county's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, citing jail roster data, family separations and allegations of abusive tactics; one resident urged retaining the contract and another asked about legal risk.
Dozens of residents used the board's public comment period Dec. 23 to urge Butler County commissioners to terminate the county's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Dana Miller of Oxford told commissioners she reviewed the county jail roster and a random 100‑person sample and reported that “36 or 36% were held on ICE detainers.” Miller said she then checked Butler County common pleas court records and found that “approximately 97 percent of ICE detainees in the sample had no felony cases in…
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