ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County leaders on Monday declined to sign a proposal that would allow county corrections staff to be involved in transporting immigration detainees to state or federal facilities —– for example, facilities like the newly built detainee holding facility in South Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz.
On Monday evening, county commissioners did direct the county attorney to reach out to federal officials to renegotiate their Intergovernmental Service Agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, however.
What You Need To Know
- Orange County declined an addendum to an agreement with ICE that would permit county staff to transport immigration detainees to state or federal facilities
- The county also decided to seek to renegotiate its ICE agreement and not require the the county to hold detainees who face no other criminal charges
- Commissioners also seek to have the amount of time the Orange County Jail must hold federal inmates to more than 48 hours
- It is unclear whether the federal government will agree to the proposed changes
Orange County Jail is one of several facilities that is housing ICE detainees. New terms the county seeks in its agreement with ICE could limit the amount of time Orange County would have to house federal inmates to no more than 48 hours and would not require the county to hold immigration detainees who face no other criminal charges…