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County Commissioner: Mike Yoder

county commissioner: Now, Mike Yoder decided, the time had come to share unsettling news, according to Vancouver Courier. As congregants at Silverwood Mennonite Church chatted around a Sunday potluck spread, Yoder, a county commissioner for 13 years and a dairy farmer for much longer, huddled with Pastor Jeremy Shue at the edge of the hall. The sermon had been preached, the last prayers offered. There was a very good chance, Yoder confided, that the nation's newest immigration detention centre would soon rise from a soybean field north of town.article continues below Trending Stories Savethe Rio is officially a done deal Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Amanda Tapping on coping with miscarriage Support group targets Vancouver mistresses One of the only positives is that it would be less of a drive to protest, Shue said. The Republican had paid close attention when nearly two-thirds of Elkhart County's voters backed Donald Trump for president after a campaign in which he lambasted immigrants. Yoder needed no reminder of the potential for conflict. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.