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Residents urge Conneaut Council to oppose local ICE contracts, restrict brine use and scrutinize development
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the council to adopt a resolution opposing 287(g) agreements with ICE, called for an end to oil-and-gas-derived brine road treatments over health concerns, and asked Council to limit data-center and poultry-processing development to industrial zones.
Several residents used the Feb. 23 public-comment period to press Conneaut City Council on immigration-enforcement contracts, environmental impacts from brine road treatments, proposed poultry regulations, and potential data-center development.
Immigration enforcement: Sarah Brower and other residents asked Council to adopt an ordinance or resolution signaling that Conneaut will not enter into 287(g) agreements that deputize local officers to perform immigration-enforcement duties. Brower warned such contracts can lead to “widespread harassment” and asserted constitutional and due-process concerns; Gallo, identifying as a nurse practitioner, urged an early municipal stance and said she had emailed a proposed…
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