Since March, about 100 people have been transferred from Teton County’s jail to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That’s a pace the Teton County Sheriff Matt Carr has described as “steady,” since changing a policy to extend the time detainees are held for ICE pickup.
One Jackson resident’s husband, a home builder, was detained in July while out of town. He has legal work authorization, a clean record and is working on a pathway to citizenship.
He’s been here for three decades with his wife, who agreed to speak with KHOL’s Jenna McMurtry and Emily Cohen on the condition of anonymity. Her story starts with what it was like when she found out he wasn’t coming home.
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