Ohio sheriff defends new ICE partnership: 'Just doing the right thing'

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An Ohio sheriff explained his decision help the Trump administration and ICE with deportation efforts, saying, "It's just doing the right thing."
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Ohio sheriff speaks up on why his agents will be helping enforce immigration law

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski sounds off on why he made the decision to have his office begin assisting ICE with immigration enforcement

"It's just doing the right thing." 

That's how Portage County, Ohio Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski summed up for Fox News Digital his decision to buck the trend of local leaders vowing to resist the Trump administration’s deportation efforts by allowing his deputies to assist ICE with immigration enforcement.

While many state and local leaders have doubled down on their support for undocumented migrants and pledged to resist the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, Zuchowski has gone in the exact opposite direction. 

Zuchowski has entered his northeastern Ohio sheriff's office into what is called a 287(g) agreement with ICE, which will allow several of his deputies to be "dual commissioned" to enforce immigration l...
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