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Residents urge Butler County to end ICE detention contract; speakers cite quotas, treatment and religious accommodation concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the Board of Commissioners they want the county to end its contract with ICE, raising concerns about alleged quotas, brutality, use of county jail space, and specific complaints about meal practices for Muslim detainees during Ramadan.
Dozens of residents used the Board's public comment period on March 3 to urge Butler County commissioners to end the county's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to address treatment of detainees at the Butler County Detention Center.
Speakers from Fairfield Township, Oxford and Hamilton described moral and practical objections to the county's cooperation with ICE. Anne Janssen told the Board that quotas imposed by DHS and ICE result in over‑arresting and said, "Terminate your contract with ICE." Pat Mead said the contract "is part…
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