Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said he would be willing to reexamine the agreement between the county jail and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows ICE agents to take away and detain Orange County Jail inmates suspected of being in the country illegally.
The issue came up after dozens of Orange County residents spoke out during Tuesday morning’s Board of County Commissioners meeting.
“You swore to defend the Constitution of the U.S. You have the power to do so in this case,” said Ericka Gomez-Tejeda. “It is in your hands to change the language and the various contracts with ICE to ensure the tracking of due process, which in immigration varies case by case, and to track the whereabouts of immigrants held. The feds have been carelessly getting the process wrong.”
Gomez-Tejeda said the current database of detained suspects doesn’t show if due process rights are being met or where inmates are being taken…