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Delegation urges Strafford County commissioners to renegotiate ICE agreement in nonbinding resolution
Summary
By a roll-call vote announced as 22 to 11, the delegation adopted a nonbinding resolution asking county commissioners to renegotiate the intergovernmental agreement with ICE so county beds are not used for nonviolent civil-immigration detainees; the resolution includes an amendment removing one factual paragraph.
The Strafford County delegation on March 4 adopted a nonbinding resolution calling on county commissioners to reopen negotiations on the intergovernmental service agreement between the Strafford County House of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The motion passed by roll-call, announced in the transcript as "Motion passes 22 to 11."
The resolution, introduced by Representative Howard, asks commissioners to renegotiate contract terms so that county jail beds are not used to hold people who are detained only…
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