Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to demand the county cancel its contract with ICE, linking the agreement to the death of Pierre Domus Bell and describing harms from ankle shackling and deportation; commenters asked commissioners to act despite anticipated political cost.

Multiple residents urged Butler County commissioners to cancel the county’s contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, citing due-process concerns and alleged inhumane treatment of detainees; the presiding official said cancelling a local agreement would not remove federal ICE authority.