Two Florida sheriff’s offices on Tuesday took back planned bonuses for their immigration officers, striking tens of thousands of dollars in already-approved state grant requests.
The Sarasota and Palm Beach County sheriff’s offices are the first local law enforcement agencies to decide they don’t want the state to reimburse them for immigration officer bonuses — because the counties don’t plan to give them.
This comes despite Sarasota’s $136,000 and Palm Beach’s $59,000 applications already being approved by the state in September. Both agencies have since had a change of heart…