Residents urge Rutherford County to withdraw from 287(g) agreement during packed public comment
During public comment at the March 12 commission meeting, multiple residents urged commissioners and incoming sheriff candidates to end Rutherford Countys 287(g) immigration enforcement agreement, citing detentions, family separations and public-health concerns; commenters and speakers exchanged emotional testimony and calls for a public statement.
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More than a half-dozen residents used the March 12 public-comment period to press the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners to end—or publicly oppose—the countys participation in a 287(g) immigration-enforcement agreement.
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