Some area sheriff’s deputies are now allowed to make immigration arrests as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones expanded his office’s role in federal immigration enforcement.
This makes his deputies the first in Ohio to receive credentials to allow them to make immigration arrests, according to our news partner, WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.
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Under this model, deputies will be allowed to enforce “limited immigration authority during routine police enforcement,” WCPO said…