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Residents press Butler County Commissioners to end ICE jail contract, raise homelessness concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged commissioners to terminate the county's contract to house ICE detainees, criticized treatment of immigrants and described homelessness challenges — speakers cited shelter usage and called for mediation and coordinated local responses.
Several Butler County residents used public comment time on March 24 to urge the Board of Commissioners to end the county’s contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to improve local responses to homelessness.
Linda Snow Griffin of Fairfield Township asked the board to "Please end the ICE contract," questioned whether the sheriff's office was safeguarding all residents equally and invoked the…
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