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The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is suing a second county, accusing it of violating the state’s open-records law.
The records are contracts and memoranda between the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office and federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Marshal’s Service and the Department of Homeland Security.
As with some other counties in Ohio, Seneca has contracted with the federal government to detain those swept up in the Trump administration’s mass deportations.
The ACLU filed a similar suit against Geauga County in May. Local sheriffs work with ICE as ACLU demands transparency
Seneca County is claiming