ICE/287(g) cooperation

Read a proclamation from Talk to Your Sheriff and the Pinellas Coalition for Human Rights calling for an end to local law enforcement cooperation with ICE and DHS and termination of 287(g) agreements.

A retired nurse from Largo urged the city to be the first to end its 287(g) agreement, arguing immigrants are unfairly characterized as criminals and comparing enforcement tactics to historical persecution.

Raised concerns about the harm of 72-hour detentions to paycheck-to-paycheck families and children, and warned that a generation of children is learning to fear police, hurting future public safety.

Argued that 287(g) deputizes local officers as immigration agents and distracts them from protecting residents, noting undocumented immigrants pay taxes and contribute to the community; called for canceling all 287(g) agreements.

Read from the ICE MOA's cost and liability provisions, arguing the 287(g) agreement drains city resources with no guaranteed federal reimbursement, and urged ending it both for financial and humanitarian reasons.