Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued a statement after Fort Myers city council voted against the agreement to work with U.S. immigration and customs enforcement, saying there is a new state law that requires cooperation with federal government.
With this agreement, ICE would have allowed local law enforcement officials to train federal immigration duties while fulfilling their normal duties. The city council voted 3-3, and as a result, no agreement was adopted. There was no one council member. Police Chief Fort Myers was in favor of the 287(g) contract, but the residents who spoke to him were not.
'These councillors[‘] The actions are probably in violation of Florida law and my office will investigate.
“Thanks to recent laws in Florida, local entities are required to participate in federal immigration enforcement. The 287(g) program trains local law enforcement agencies to support the ice. Florida ensures that they follow the law. I said x.
Similarly, Attorney General James Usmier expressed his dissatisfaction with the city over not agreeing to help the ice, adding that his office would conduct an investigation.
“Fort Myers City Council vote to not approve a police department's 287(g) contract with ICE is very troublesome. It prevents local law enforcement from entering into a 287(g) contract with the federal government, which prevents the agency from participating in certain federal immigration projects,” Uthmeier said. I said. “These councillors[‘] The actions are probably in violation of Florida law and my office will investigate. ”
The new law recently passed by the state legislature was part of DeSantis' goal of making Florida a number one state to use state and local police departments to help the Trump administration carry out massive deportations.
Byron Donald (R) is running to become the next governor on behalf of the Fort Myers area. It was criticized The city council “a heinous neglect of the safety and security of communities in southwestern Florida,” and “arguably “round-condemn the decision not to pass the contract.”
“We're putting the people of America first again, and all council members who voted to seriously violate federal and state law should lose their jobs.”
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