Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said on Saturday that the county jail is currently housing 90 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.This comes just days after the jail began rehousing migrants for ICE on March 5. Previously, ICE detainees stopped being housed in the jail by Jones in 2021 over new regulations implemented at the time by the newly-inaugurated Biden administration.Before that, the Butler County Jail had long contracted with the Department of Homeland Security to house detained migrants since 2003.After President Donald Trump was elected in November, Jones said he was "ready to answer that call" again.Jones previously told 바카라게임 that the jail's capacity could potentially house as many as 300 detainees for ICE in the future. The federal government pays the jail $68 a day per detainee, according to Jones.The jail reaching 90 migrants in a span of just 10 days appears to indicate that ICE has very quickly put their newest detention center to significant use. Reports have surfaced in recent weeks about the immigration enforcement agency not having sufficient housing space for detainees nationwide, leading the agency to seek out a variety of methods, including new contracts with local jails, to acquire it.The Butler County Jail is one of very few ICE detention facilities that exist in the state of Ohio. ICE's website only lists two other detention centers 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the Geauga County Safety Center and the Seneca County Jail 바카라 게임 웹사이트 as options available to house migrants within the state. However, the website has not been updated since Jan. 22, 2025, and does not yet include the Butler County Jail.
HAMILTON, Ohio — Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said on Saturday that the county jail is currently housing 90 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.
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This comes just days after the jail began rehousing migrants for ICE on March 5. Previously, ICE detainees stopped being housed in the jail by Jones in 2021 over new regulations implemented at the time by the newly-inaugurated Biden administration.
Before that, the Butler County Jail had long contracted with the Department of Homeland Security to house detained migrants since 2003.
After President Donald Trump was elected in November, Jones said he was "ready to answer that call" again.
Jones previously told 바카라게임 that the jail's capacity could potentially house as many as 300 detainees for ICE in the future. The federal government pays the jail $68 a day per detainee, according to Jones.
The jail reaching 90 migrants in a span of just 10 days appears to indicate that ICE has very quickly put their newest detention center to significant use. for detainees nationwide, leading the agency to seek out a variety of methods, including new contracts with local jails, to acquire it.
The Butler County Jail is one of very few ICE detention facilities that exist in the state of Ohio. 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the Geauga County Safety Center and the Seneca County Jail 바카라 게임 웹사이트 as options available to house migrants within the state. However, the website has not been updated since Jan. 22, 2025, and does not yet include the Butler County Jail.
