State AG Threatening to Remove Ft Myers Commissioners

for failing to approve having the local police coordinate and train with ICE

Florida AG threatens Fort Myers city council with removal if they don't cooperate with ICE • Florida Phoenix

Attorney General James Uthmeier is threatening three Fort Myers city council members with removal from office after they refused Monday to deputize police officers to participate in immigration enforcement.

Uthmeier, who became the attorney general a month ago, warned the council that Gov. Ron DeSantis could remove them from office if they didn’t allow the city police to question people about their immigration status and detain those subject to deportation.

After hours of public testimony and debate, the city council of the Southwest Florida city voted a 3-3 deadlock Monday, stopping city police from entering into an agreement with the federal government to cooperate in immigration enforcement efforts.

Over the past month, all 67 Florida sheriffs and at least 40 municipalities have entered into the 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far exceeding the number of agreements from any other state.

“Failure to correct the Council’s actions will result in the enforcement of all applicable civil and criminal penalties, including but not limited to being held in contempt, declaratory or injunctive relief, and removal from office by the Governor,” Uthmeier wrote in the letter he sent to the council Tuesday.

 

FM is the first one to vote against it, that is why Desi and the brownshirts are jumping on them with both feet, to scare all the others. Bullying and intimidation, it is the MAGA way.

Bewildering to me that people that would normally be inclined to stand up to a person who bullies their way through life but will support that type of behaivor in pursuit of something they support.

If the city doesn't have a choice, why is there even a vote required?

this is about using local leo to identify and detain people here illegally to try and get deportation numbers up to look tougher than the next guy and help make dear leader happy, the rest is noise.

if illegals are afraid to talk to local leo, bad guy wins, biiiggggly, and illegals are more likely to flee or commit serious crime to avoid being questioned and deported.

so now state law is going to tell local leaders how to run their local police forces. why have local forces if they are going to be managed by the state? just put them all in one big brown shirted group

 

I'm fine with a judge enforcing the constitution? You object to that?

If local rule has no choice, why do they need to vote on it? What will their votes be dictated on next?

Are you okay with state governor telling local leaders how to vote on local issues?

 

This isn't a foreign policy question. This is due process. They were deported without due process.

 

Who gets to decide he is a threat?
That's due process.
Dear leader isn't allowed to arbitrarily decide who he considers a threat. That's a decision for a hearing and evidence before a judge..aka, due process

 

It trains local officers to assist ICE identify and detain anyone they may suspect is illegal. As I understand it they must be trained to be able to be used as addl ICE eyes and ears. The more the immigrant is afraid of popo, the worse for everyone except those that prey on the immigrant

 

Who gets to decide what is reasonable?