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SheriffÂ’s policy may have unintended consequences/12-30
Sheriff’s policy may have unintended consequences



The Butler County Sheriff’s Office recently announced plans to “crack down on illegal aliens,� encouraging residents to report “suspected� undocumented immigrants through its Web site and threatening to report them to immigration authorities. This proposition to involve county officials in the enforcement of immigration law, a role not traditionally held, poses an unintended but very real threat to victims of domestic violence and their children.

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