Ohio Residents Demand Enforcement
"Bill Barnhill is determined to stop people living in the country illegally from
calling Warren County home. Barnhill's son, Kevin, was killed in Mason last month and the men accused of the crime had entered the United States without a visa, police said. Now Barnhill is among a dozen residents who have formed Citizens for Legal Communities to discourage people who have entered the county illegally from settling in Warren County," the Journal News reports. "He and the other residents met Thursday evening with county officials, including Sheriff Tom Ariss and Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel to learn what law enforcement officials can do to help. Hutzel and Ariss said that in the past six months there's been an increase in violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Warren County. To help, residents must contact their elected officials and demand stiffer penalties for those who commit felonies while living in the United States illegally, Hutzel and Ariss said."
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