Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is now threatening to remove Tampa Mayor Jane Castor from office over an immigration dispute, warning the state would act unless she stops “forcing sanctuary policies” on the Tampa Police Department (TPD).
“TPD’s policies prohibiting its police officers from sharing certain information with federal immigration authorities and limiting the immigration enforcement activities in which it participates effectively establishes a sanctuary policy,” Uthmeier wrote in a letter on Wednesday.
The attorney general went on to write that the Tampa Police Department has a policy blocking its officers from sharing information with federal immigration authorities regarding victims or witnesses to a crime…