287(g) agreement

Opposed the bond as fiscally irresponsible and urged the city to exit its 287(g) immigration enforcement agreement, correcting the city attorney's statistic on municipal participation.

Florida Immigrant Coalition member and immigrant mother urged the mayor to put the agreement up for a vote.

Drove from Largo overnight to support ending the agreement, saying Miami's example affects the whole state.

Said Miami now leads the country in ICE arrests and urged the commission to change the story's next chapter.

Pleaded with commissioners not to make local police accomplices to immigration enforcement, describing Homestead nursery workers hiding from ICE.

Community organizer with the Miramar Circle of Protection urged the commission to end the 287(g) agreement and hold Mayor Higgins to her campaign promise.

Spoke for the League of Women Voters of Florida, urging the city to end its 287(g) agreement as a matter of civil liberties and community trust.

Florida Student Power civic engagement director asked commissioners to keep families together and end the agreement.

Called the agreement racial profiling and said it distracts police from their real job.

Miami Freedom Project director called the agreement bad governance with costly litigation risks.

American Friends Service Committee policy coordinator said the agreement spreads fear and silences crime victims.

Father Frederico of Corpus Christi Catholic Church urged ending police-ICE cooperation to protect community trust.

Family Action Network Movement organizer commended King and Pardo's past votes and urged the full commission to act.

Speaking through a translator, urged police and community to work together without agreements dividing them.

Democratic state senate nominee urged the commission to reject the agreement despite threats from Tallahassee.

Miami-Dade elementary teacher said she cannot do her job when ICE and police work together.

Attorney and grandchild of immigrants urged rescission, citing detention conditions and taxpayer costs.

Right to Freedom Network director said trafficking victims are too afraid to report crimes and invited commissioners to meet victims.

Florida Rising organizer demanded the commission end the 287(g) agreement.

Opposed the agreement, saying it creates an environment of fear.

Florida Rising member and immigrant said a year of family separations demands a different decision now.

Florida Rising organizer said the agreement has divided communities and hurt small businesses.

Immigrant with 30 years of policy work cited Alabama's $11 million annual loss from similar laws.

German-born business owner who was once undocumented urged the commission not to use police for federal immigration work.

Native Miamian and first-generation American said 287(g) is destroying the immigrant-built city she grew up in.

Florida Immigrant Coalition director cited the Supreme Court's TPS ruling that morning and urged withdrawal from 287(g).

Thanked the chair for the discussion item and questioned the mayor's silence on her campaign promise.

Sex worker-led organization director said her community is disproportionately targeted by police and ICE.

District 5 resident and immigrant thanked Pardo and King, urged Rosado and Escalona to change their votes.

Lifelong Miamian and child of Honduran immigrants called the agreement a betrayal and urged termination.

Community Justice Project attorney told commissioners there are legal paths to exit the agreement without losing their jobs.

Urged elected officials to uphold the Constitution and rise to their duty.

Guatemala Maya Center worker described accompanying eight children to the airport after their parents were deported.

Cuban former political prisoner said the agreement echoes dictatorship tactics and urged rescission.

PACT president and Ebenezer UMC pastor cited scripture and officers' emotional health in opposing the agreement.

Florida Immigrant Coalition deputy director said Miami leads the state in immigration encounters and urged reversal.

Nicaraguan-American urged the commission to end the agreement, calling ICE expansion hypocritical.

Returning speaker described inhumane detention conditions and coerced self-deportations.

Youth organizer cited DOJ findings that 287(g) leads to racial profiling and impacts school enrollment.

Second-generation Cuban American urged ending the 287(g) program.

Colombian-Cuban American DSA member spoke against deputizing local police as deportation agents.

District 5 resident urged ending the agreement, citing racial profiling and economic contributions of immigrants.

Cited 39,000 immigration arrests in Florida since January and urged rescission.

Proud immigrant urged the commission to end the agreements as a matter of community values.

Miami DSA member said rescinding the agreement is the first step to rebuilding trust.

District 5 activist said businesses have closed and families fear separation; criticized commissioners who voted for the agreement.

Florida Immigrant Coalition detention coordinator described conditions at the Krome detention center and traffic-stop referrals.

Title I school garden teacher watched her classes shrink as families hid from enforcement.

Bahamian Miamian described her nephew's detention and transfer to California, begging the commission to end the agreement.

Called the agreement a harassment vehicle that enables labor exploitation.

Florida Immigrant Coalition climate justice organizer cited $390 million in FEMA dollars spent on 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

24-year resident said the agreement is about families being ripped apart.

Teacher read testimony noting the district's foreign-born student enrollment has dropped dramatically.

Little Haiti teacher said the TPS ruling plus 287(g) risks unreported crime in his community.

Journalist and child of Cuban immigrants said the agreement is un-American and bad police work.

Asked how many officers are actually certified under 287(g), saying none have completed federal training.

Miami Beach homeowner asked why the city would expand immigration enforcement at such moral and financial cost.

District 1 resident mourning his cousin's Wynwood shooting urged rebuilding trust between police and community.