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County board member urges tracking of ICE detainers, cites sheriff reports
Summary
Kate Hancock Cook told the Board of Health she has seen sheriff reports indicating ICE detainers and transfers in Winnebago County and asked that county bodies share and validate reports of ICE presence; the chair said the health meeting is constrained to health-department business but staff agreed the health department can be a data source.
Kate Hancock Cook, a member of both the Winnebago County board and the Board of Health, used the public-comment period to raise concerns about reported local immigration-enforcement activity and asked for better interagency tracking.
"The sheriff's department provided a report for all of 2025: 17 people were…
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