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Erie County Council rejected a proposal to allocate federal funds from housing immigration detainees to the county prison budget.

The $433,620 in federal revenue will go to the general fund instead.

Public concerns over due process and Erie's reputation as a welcoming city were voiced prior to the vote.

Erie County Council has voted down a proposal to use federal revenue from housing immigration detainees at the county prison to expand the prison budget.

The 5-2 party-line vote means a projected $433,620 in federal revenue will instead go to the general fund as unappropriated funds.

The decision was viewed by several council Democrats ― as well as a large crowd at a June 3 meeting at the Erie County Courthouse ― as a symbolic rejection of the Trump administration’

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