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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� Today the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) entered a Memorandum of Agreement to implement the 287(g) program, which allows for the formal coordination between the federal immigration agency and state correctional officers in enforcement activity.听
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The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) is actively litigating against the entanglement of local law enforcement agencies with ICE, and the mandated agreements between them, with its lawsuit, City of South Miami, et al. v. Ron DeSantis, et. al. The lawsuit, which was filed in July of 2019, challenges Florida鈥檚 S.B. 168, which codified federal conscription of local law enforcement to enhance federal immigration enforcement efforts.听
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The following statement is from A.J. Hernandez Anderson, a senior staff attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project:
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鈥淚CE entanglement in Florida has already proven to be a dangerous and a costly mistake for our communities. At Florida taxpayers' expense, these agreements needlessly deputize our local law enforcement and divert community resources into bolstering the federal deportation pipeline.听
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鈥淭hese agreements have also shown to sow distrust in communities, making all of us less safe, because people will be more likely to fear any contact with law enforcement. We know that as a result of ICE鈥檚 deeply flawed databases, many people have been erroneously targeted and detained by ICE. ICE has given us no reason to believe that the same mistakes won鈥檛 be made during their relationship with FDC.
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鈥淚f the notoriously poor conditions in ICE鈥檚 detention centers are of any indication 鈥� including its three facilities in South Florida 鈥� they prove that the agency is incapable of accountability to its own detention standards. Inviting ICE to be more involved with Florida鈥檚 law enforcement and state prisons is a recipe for disaster.鈥�