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Residents urge Butler County commissioners to end ICE contract; multiple speakers cite legal and humanitarian concerns
Summary
A series of public commenters urged the board to end Butler County’s contract with ICE, describing alleged mistreatment, constitutional concerns and local impacts; speakers asked the commissioners for written clarification of sheriff oversight and for the board to consider terminating the contract.
Multiple residents used the board’s public-comment period to press the Butler County commissioners to end the county’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to question local detentions of noncitizens.
Ellen Price of Oxford reviewed state bills she said would expand local enforcement duties and argued the proposals would damage community trust in local police, saying that mandating cooperation would “risk damaging the confidence that…
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