NATHAN BROWN
nbrown@magicvalley.com
Jul 3, 2017
JEROME — Opponents of a proposal for Jerome County to lease beds at its jail to Immigration and Customs Enforcement came out in force Monday.
Holding handmade signs bearing slogans such as “No ICE” and “Keep our families together,” they packed into the county commissioners’ meeting room and after the meeting rallied outside the building, chanting “Jerome unido jamas sera vencido,” or “United Jerome will never be defeated.”
The contract between ICE and Jerome County hasn’t been finalized, but the plans tentatively call for the county to lease 50 beds to ICE at $75 a day per bed.
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