Overview
- The daily per-bed payment for housing ICE detainees will rise from $69 to $108, an increase of more than 50%.
- The higher rate is expected to take effect sometime next month, according to local officials.
- The sheriff's department projects $14.5 million in revenue from detainee housing by year-end, $3 million above earlier estimates.
- Sheriff Richard Jones said a multi-day operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to 23 arrests this week in Butler County.
- Jones said the effort, called Operation Deportation, targeted individuals with prior criminal convictions, active warrants, or immigration law violations.