YOUNGSTOWN - The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is calling for the release of all wrongfully detained ICE inmates based on the opinion from Attorney General Dave Yost.

That opinion, issued this week, states only county commissioners have the right to enter into contracts with federal immigration authorities, not the sheriffs themselves.

“This is something that needs to be done. We’re getting immigration under control because of the way it was left over the last four years,” Geno DiFabio, Mahoning County Commissioner said.

DiFabio and Commissioner Anthony Traficanti both said if the power is turned over to them, they’ll sign whatever they have to continue housing ICE detainees.

“We have to follow the law, we have to follow protocol. Sheriff Greene has a jail that he has to mana

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