I await your post advising the mayor of South Miami to suck it up and do what he's told
to by higher authority...
All Florida cops and elected officials will be forced to comply with ICE as of Tuesday
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a portion of a controversial Florida law that called on local police to cross state lines to assist federal immigration officials but left in place a provision where the officers would have to hold undocumented immigrants until the feds pick them up.
In an order issued on Monday — one day before enforcement of the new law is slated to take effect — Miami U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom shot down a small piece of the state law requiring Florida police officers to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies, like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Florida law — SB 168 — will continue to forbid sanctuary cities.
Bloom ruled that local police cannot transport undocumented immigrants across state lines at the request of the feds, saying it is strictly the job of the federal government. Her ruling can be appealed.
However, her ruling maintained that local police departments would still be required to hold arrested people in jail for an extra two days until ICE picks them up.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article235631727.html
South Miami says it will challenge Florida’s ban on sanctuary cities in court
...In a special meeting Tuesday evening, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard voiced concern that the law would brew distrust between undocumented residents and law enforcement officers in the city of about 12,000 residents.
“Our police are responsible for maintaining the public safety, and as soon as they are seen as somebody who might turn you in if you called for assistance, they’re no longer trusted and they can no longer do their primary job of keeping all the citizens and all the residents of a community safe,” Stoddard said. “It creates divisions."...In a special meeting Tuesday evening, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard voiced concern that the law would brew distrust between undocumented residents and law enforcement officers in the city of about 12,000 residents.
“Our police are responsible for maintaining the public safety, and as soon as they are seen as somebody who might turn you in if you called for assistance, they’re no longer trusted and they can no longer do their primary job of keeping all the citizens and all the residents of a community safe,” Stoddard said. “It creates divisions.”
http://laws.flrules.org/2019/102
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/168/BillText/er/HTML
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