The City of Tallahassee looking into potential legal action on whether the city is required to have a 287(g) agreement with ICE after hearing residents’ concerns during the commission meeting.
- The city manager and chief of the Tallahassee Police Department signed the 287(g) agreement to be in compliance, but commissioners are growing more concerned about ICE raids across the county.
- Right now, state law only requires county law enforcement to sign onto the agreement.
- Watch the video to hear why commissioners are hoping for clarification of who’s required to sign-on and why advocates are calling for it to be rescinded.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
To agree or not to agree?
That’s the question the City of Tallahassee is looking to answer…