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Camden County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr., second from left, with Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen, Camden County Sheriff Chuck Billingham and Camden City School District Superintendent Alfonso Q. Llano Jr. at a Camden school event in early March.Â
Camden County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr., second from left, with Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen, Camden County Sheriff Chuck Billingham and Camden City School District Superintendent Alfonso Q. Llano Jr. at a Camden school event in early March.Â
Calling President Donald Trump a "cult leader and traitor," Camden County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. on Thursday announced a formal resolution banning ICE agents from county property and forbidding county employees and contractors from assisting ICE unless a judicial warrant can be produced.
"This federal agency has wandered far from its mission to promote homeland security and public safety," Cappelli said in a statement. "Their agents lack training, leadership, and accountability, and instead of taking dangerous, non-citizens with criminal convictions into custody, they are often employing oppressive tactics reminiscent of the Gestapo."
One key county department — the Camden County Police Department — is the primary law enforcement agency in Camden and routinely is called on to work with other law enforcement agencies.
The resolution directs the CCPD, Office of County Counsel, Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections to establish procedures to guide county employees including "know-your-rights" training for employees and residents.
County employees and contractors are prohibited from cooperating with "federal, state or local government entities regarding civil immigration enforcement using county property or resources" unless there is a valid judicial warrant, according to the resolution.
"Right here in Camden County, ICE has torn families apart, hardworking members of our community have been wrongfully detained, and children have been left terrified to go to their school bus stop," Cappelli said in the statement on Thursday morning ahead of the commission's noon meeting.
"In many of these instances, ICE agents have detained our residents without a warrant. Our residents and visitors deserve to feel safe when they are playing with their families in our parks, or visiting one of our agencies, or attending an event on county property," he said.
