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Open Letter to Sheriff Devlin
We confirm that as citizens of Otsego County we respect the rule of law and the role of law enforcement in keeping our communities safe.
At the same time, we affirm that if law enforcement itself ignores the rule of law, we no longer live in a free and democratic country. Rather we live in a country where rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution are ignored by those empowered by dangerous weaponry and the lack of adherence to Constitutional principles.
Currently, the operations and behaviors of ICE often fit this description. For this important reason, we express our extreme disappointment that the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office has signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE. In summary, ICE is engaged in the following extra-legal activities:
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