US EditionSheriff says ICE facility too much for deputies, county to handle
ICE plans a temporary immigration detention facility at a site originally purchased for a new state prison, raising concerns over infrastructure and local capacity, officials said.
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Feds considering immigration detention facility at Franklin County prison site
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering placing a temporary immigration detention facility, perhaps like this one in Florida, at the site of the proposed Franklin County prison in Arkansas, the county sheriff says. (Photo by Alon Skuy/Getty Images)Federal immigration officials are reportedly considering building a detention facility at the controversial Franklin County state prison site, further frustrating locals who say they’ve…
Sheriff says ICE facility too much for deputies, county to handle
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Franklin County Sheriff Johnny Crocker says the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using the proposed prison site in Charleston as a detention facility, and that the county and his deputies are ill-equipped to handle it. Crocker says Chief Deputy John Little came across three ICE agents at the prison site while on patrol. Crocker says the ICE agents told Little they were consideri…
ICE agents eye state’s Franklin County proposed prison site for immigration detention facility: ‘We can have this up quick’ | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
CHARLESTON — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering the state’s embattled proposed prison site in Franklin County for an immigration detention facility.
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