Resident asks Anson commissioners to ban ICE facilities; board asks legal team to research options
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A resident asked the board to enact an ordinance to prohibit ICE facilities in Anson County and to create a legally binding plan to shield residents from federal immigration enforcement activities; commissioners asked the manager and county attorney to research legal options and report back.
During the public comment period, Andrea Green spoke to the Anson County Board of Commissioners about immigration enforcement and asked the county to prepare in advance in case federal detention operations were proposed for the county.
Green asked the board to "craft and pass an ordinance that permanently prohibits the building or the acquisition of a building in Anson County to serve as an ICE facility." She also requested a legally binding plan to shield people in the county from what she described as inhumane immigration enforcement practices and urged the board to declare schools, churches, voting locations and hospitals off‑limits to ICE actions without a legal warrant.
Commissioners acknowledged the plea and asked legal counsel to research what authority, if any, the county has to restrict federal agencies from acquiring or operating facilities. The county attorney cautioned that such actions would be difficult and involve interactions with other law enforcement agencies and state/federal law; the manager said staff would research options carefully and return with legal guidance.
Next steps: County staff and the county attorney will research statutory limits on local authority and report back to the board with legal analysis on whether and how a local ordinance or plan could be drafted.