HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Hamilton County will not house more ICE detainees from outside Hamilton County.
That is what Sheriff Austin Garrett says after revealing the federal government asked him about expanding the county’s relationship with ICE by accommodating for additional detainees.
Sheriff Garrett met with an ICE representative in September, who followed up later via email, asking if the HCSO would consider designating up to 60 beds for detainees in transit to ICE custody from other jurisdictions at the Hamilton County Jail & Detention Center…