'You're a coward': Kern supervisors clash over ICE funds
Kern County Board of Supervisors votes unanimously to send a $50,000 ICE-release travel assistance proposal to committee after a heated exchange between Supervisors Flores and Perez Kern County supervisors clashed over a proposal to use up to $50,000 in county funds to help people released from ICE custody return to their home communities. The proposal would have funded transportation, overnight lodging and meals for those released from custody through a county-contracted service provider, including for travel outside California. Supervisors Jeff Flores and Leticia Perez clashed over whether county tax dollars should cover the cost, with Perez calling Flores "a coward" from the dais. The board voted unanimously to send the measure to committee without approving any spending. Despite the heated exchange, no funding was approved.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County supervisors sparred openly Tuesday over a proposal to use up to $50,000 in county funds to help people released from ICE custody return to their home communiti... [2674 symbols]
