GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A group of about 100 people commandeered Kent County's commission meeting Thursday morning, demanding an end to the county's contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Minutes into the public comment portion of Kent County Board of Commissioners meeting, Karla Barberi, a volunteer organizer with Movimiento Cosecha GR, interrupted a person speaking on another subject.

"Do you mind if I interrupt you?" she said. "We have here a bigger issue."

Jim Saalfeld, board of commissioners chairmen, called for deputies to remove Barberi after she refused to sit down. She wasn't removed.

A group of roughly 10 protesters then stormed the center of the commission floor with an anti-contract banner. As they did, Saalfeld suspended the meeting. He and most commissioners exited through the back.

Protesters intended to address the board about how the ICE contract with the Kent County Jail has separated families in the county.

The contract, signed in 2012 and renewed in late 2017, allows the jail to charge ICE for each day it holds a person with a detainment request.

The contract also allows ICE detainments for up to three days, rather than the standard two.

The protesters demanded commissioners back out of the contract.

For around 40 minutes, protesters continued to address a row of nearly empty commissioner seats.

They criticized the commissioners who left and addressed racial profiling, profit from ICE detainments and the fear children with immigrant parents have of coming home to an empty house.

Many were angered the contract was renewed in August 2017 without public comment.

Around 9:45 a.m., the protesters left to demonstrate outside nearby ICE offices. At 10 a.m, the meeting resumed.

In 2017, the Kent County Sheriff's Office kept 185 people jailed at the request of ICE, resulting in a revenue of $17,935, according to county spokesperson Lisa LaPlante. The jail's budget that year was $36 million.

Most 2017 Kent County detainees were held for one day, but nine of them were held for two days and eight for three days until ICE officers could pick them up for possible immigration proceedings, LaPlante said.

Under the contract, the sheriff's office can bill ICE for $85 for each day of detainment, plus $30.47 an hour for regular time guard service and $45.66 for overtime service.

There were 202 days of detainment last year, or $17,850 worth.