Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr is calling on the County Commission to formally censure Commissioner Hope Oliver (District 1) and remove her from the Public Safety Committee, condemning her recent remarks comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to terrorist organizations as “morally reprehensible.”

During Monday’s meeting of the Public Safety Committee, Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh defended the sheriff’s office’s (RCSO) pending 287(g) partnership with ICE, which allows local law enforcement to assist federal immigration efforts.

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