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Woodstock community leader urges board to address local impacts of ICE enforcement
Cherokee County Board of Commissioners · February 17, 2026
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Summary
A community organizer told commissioners that increased ICE arrests have local consequences — reducing 911 reporting, lowering school enrollment and disrupting businesses — and asked the board to open a public conversation and consider local responses.
Martha Jane Schindler, founder of Woodstock Community Action Network, told the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 that local immigration enforcement is producing measurable harms she said warrant county attention.
Schindler cited demographic figures…
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