Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has expanded his office’s role in federal immigration enforcement, making his deputies the first in Ohio to receive credentials allowing them to make immigration arrests during routine police activities.
The sheriff’s office recently joined the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287(g) program, which authorizes state and local law enforcement to aid federal immigration efforts through jail enforcement, serving civil immigration warrants or acting as an arresting task force.
“Every state is a border state,” Jones told WCPO back in early February…