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Residents urge Rutherford County to withdraw from 287(g) agreement during packed public comment
Summary
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.
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.
Tatiana Silvis opened the comment period by recounting the case of a longtime student she said faces loss of in-state tuition and risks detention under the agreement; she urged commissioners to cancel the countys 287(g) contract. Other speakers, including Jacob Jones, Alex Sager, Violet Walther, Anna Carina Lorenzana DeWitt and Pamela Jones, described detained…
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