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Hundreds of Pinal County residents urge board to rescind or review 287(g) ICE task‑force agreement
Summary
Dozens of speakers at the Jan. 7 Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting urged the board to rescind a 287(g) agreement that delegates limited immigration authority to local law enforcement, warning it will cause racial profiling, erode trust, and expose the county to litigation and economic harms.
Dozens of Pinal County residents packed the Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 7 to oppose a 287(g) immigration‑enforcement agreement signed by the county attorney and to demand transparency and board review. Multiple speakers asked the board to rescind the agreement or publicly disclose arrest counts, the share of arrestees with criminal records and the cost of operations.
The most direct criticism came from Nancy Hartle of Florence, who said she opposed the agreement “for several reasons, fiscally, humanely, and religiously,” and warned that using local law enforcement in ICE operations risks racial profiling and harms community trust. “Our immigrant community…
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