By Jake Kincaid | PinalCentral
The charged political issue over illegal immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border took center stage this week at the Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting.
The meeting Wednesday got off to an unusual start when a group of white-clad Democrats implored the board to pass a resolution drafted by Pete Rios, D-Dudleyville, declaring that the Board of Supervisors oppose ICE policies separating children from their parents and detaining them, and asks the Department of Homeland Security and congressional delegations to put a stop to the practice.
The New York Timesrecently reported that local officials across the country are canceling contracts with ICE in opposition to the practice. Pinal County no longer contracts with ICE, canceling its contract in 2013 that paid a per diem price for the county to house detainees. The amount ICE was paying wasn’t sufficiently making up the cost to the county at that time.
