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Lebanon County commissioners pressed to detail accounting for federal 287(g) funds
Summary
Public commenters and at least one county commissioner asked the board to clarify how federal 287(g)-related funds will be received, segregated and reported, and whether the district attorney has opened a separate account required by the federal contingency; the sheriff said a holding account was opened but no federal receipts had been received yet.
Public comment at the Lebanon County Board of Commissioners meeting on April 16 focused on calls for transparent accounting of federal enforcement-related funds tied to 287(g)-type agreements. Resident Tom Overholt told commissioners: “How much money is coming in? How do you know that? Where is it going? How is it being spent?” He urged the board to adopt metrics — including counts of detentions, who is detained and what happens to those people — to assess whether the money is being used…
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