The Fort Myers City Council caved to legal pressure from Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and Attorney General James Uthmeier by unanimously voting to approve a program to have the city’s police department work more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A vote on the 287(g) program did not pass on Monday in a 3-3 tie because the council members voting against it said they had many questions about it that were not answered. The tie vote created a firestorm nationally, as it seemed the city was unwilling to follow new state law that requires Florida departments to work closely with ICE. DeSantis and Uthmeier floated the possibility of removing people from the council or cutting off state funding if they did not approve the
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