Florida Attorney General and Orange County Sheriff John Mina in Orlando on April 14, 2025. (Screenshot from video from James Uthmeier’s X account)
Like every other county in Florida, the Orange County government entered into an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year, giving sheriffs’ deputies and corrections officers authority to serve warrants of arrest and removal for immigration violations.
However, during a recent Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board and Mayor Jerry Demings declined a request by ICE and the Florida Sheriffs Association to amend their agreement to include having county corrections officers transport undocumented immigrants to ICE-approved facilities upon request by the federal agency…