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McGuffey “is the latest in a recent string of sheriff’s candidates who have ousted incumbents on promises to restrict cooperation with the federal agency,” the outlet continued. That includes the issue of detainees, which immigrant rights advocates have long noted can ultimately lead to family separation for some.
“ICE detainers are issued when a police officer has jailed an immigrant—for reasons as minor as driving with a broken tail light—and ICE asks the police to hold the immigrant until they can pick that person up,” immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice says. “However, being undocumented is a civil violation, not a crime. So, if the person hasn’t done anything wrong, it’s unconstitutional for the police to hold that person for ICE.”
The Appeal reports Neil had already pissed off Democrats by attending a rally by then candidate Trump back in 2016, which he was later forced to apologize for. ”Neil repeatedly said … he attended the Trump rally to show appreciation for Trump’s support of law enforcement. Neil wore his sheriff’s uniform to the event,” Cincinnati.com reported at the time. Trump later showed his appreciation for law enforcement officers by withholding funding from some over so-called sanctuary cities and insulting others as president.
McGuffey, who was fired from the department in 2017 after calling out the excessive use of force, also notably ran on opposing construction of a new jail, saying according to The Appeal that “the solution to the problem of mass incarceration is certainly not more mass incarceration.” She could now become “the county’s first female and first out LGBTQ person elected sheriff,” LGBTQ Nation said.
“[My election] would mean that our country is moving forward,” she said according to the outlet, “that we really have moved away from the 1950s model of law enforcement, where not just women are embraced in the law enforcement world, but also LGBTQ members of the community can wear a uniform and be quite successful.”
