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Broward County sheriff doesn't want to focus on immigration crackdown. FL Attorney General Uthmeier says he must.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened Broward County’s sheriff with a lawsuit and removal from office for saying he won’t go after undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.
The letter Uthmeier sent on Monday came almost a week after Sheriff Gregory Tony told county commissioners that dedicating more manpower to federal immigration enforcement efforts was not a priority for his agency serving 12 cities and towns in the South Florida county.
“I would hope your statements were mere political posturing, but if not, your expressed positions would constitute a failure of your statutory obligation to utilize ‘best efforts to support the enforcement of federal immigration law,'” Uthmeier wrote, accusing Tony of intending to defy a state statute, in the letter he posted on X.
The county participates in two agreements with the federal government under the 287(g) program,which authorizes state and local cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One of the agreements focuses on screening people already in jail, and the other task force model allows for street-level enforcement.
However, Tony said the county has devoted only two people to participate in those agreements, prompting Uthmeier’s condemnation and call for Tony to promise to fully cooperate with ICE operations.
The letter Uthmeier sent on Monday came almost a week after Sheriff Gregory Tony told county commissioners that dedicating more manpower to federal immigration enforcement efforts was not a priority for his agency serving 12 cities and towns in the South Florida county.
“I would hope your statements were mere political posturing, but if not, your expressed positions would constitute a failure of your statutory obligation to utilize ‘best efforts to support the enforcement of federal immigration law,'” Uthmeier wrote, accusing Tony of intending to defy a state statute, in the letter he posted on X.
The county participates in two agreements with the federal government under the 287(g) program,which authorizes state and local cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One of the agreements focuses on screening people already in jail, and the other task force model allows for street-level enforcement.
However, Tony said the county has devoted only two people to participate in those agreements, prompting Uthmeier’s condemnation and call for Tony to promise to fully cooperate with ICE operations.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/06/09/broward-county-sheriff-doesnt-want-to-focus-on-immigration-crackdown-uthmeier-says-he-must/
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