Florida – Sheriff Grady Judd from Florida is very angry with federal immigration authorities after finding out that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been sending recruitment emails directly to his deputies. This comes despite the fact that local law enforcement and the federal agency have worked together for a long time.
Judd hosted a high-profile gathering of more than 20 law enforcement leaders from across Florida earlier this year. He promised to fully assist the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. At the gathering in February, sheriffs stressed how important it is for them to help ICE enforce immigration laws, saying that the agency doesn’t have enough resources to find more than a million people who are supposed to be removed.
The Polk County Sheriff says he feels blindsided right now. His anger comes from a mass email written by Madison D. Sheahan, the deputy director of ICE, offering Polk County cops big incentives to leave their jobs and join the federal agency. The recruitment package includes signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and the chance to pay off up to $60,000 in student loan debt, as long as the officers agree to serve for at least five years…