State officials clarified at a recent court hearing that local Florida municipalities are not required to enter into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under state law.
Many local governments, including the city of Miami, had already entered into agreements with ICE, known as 287(g) agreements, because they thought the state would punish them if they didn’t. Including the City of Miami.
“So, the reason that we entered the 287(g) agreement, as I explained to folks, our interpretation basically determined that state law mandated us to have a level of cooperation,” said Miami Police Department Chief Manny Morales…