287(g) ICE Cooperation

Read a proclamation on behalf of the Penellas Coalition for Human Rights urging local law enforcement to end its 287(g) agreement with ICE.

Asked the council to publicly debate and vote on the 287(g) agreement, citing USF research showing declining immigrant trust in police.

ACLU of Florida organizer argued the city can legally end the voluntary 287(g) agreement and urged it do so to protect civil liberties.

Said ICE cooperation is eroding immigrant community trust and urged the city to end the agreement.

Argued no state law requires the city's 287(g) agreement, citing South Miami's successful challenge, and urged the council to rescind it.

League of Women Voters immigration justice chair cited the Holocaust Museum's police training and questioned how 287(g) squares with that history.