The state Senate voted to pass a bill on Friday that would prohibit sanctuary policies, which generally allow jurisdictions to refuse to aid in federal immigrant detention and deportation actions.
It would require state and local law enforcement to use their “best efforts” to support federal immigration enforcement, and any officials who don’t comply would be “subject to action by the Governor.”
Under the measure, for instance, local governments would have to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s requests to detain people suspected of being undocumented immigrants in local jails until ICE officers come to get them, as The New York Times noted.
The state House passed a version of the bill earlier this week. With passage in the state Senate ― in a 22-18 vote, with all Democrats voting against it ― the bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-bill-ban-sanctuary-cities_n_5cc368c6e4b0fd8e35bc414b
It would require state and local law enforcement to use their “best efforts” to support federal immigration enforcement, and any officials who don’t comply would be “subject to action by the Governor.”
Under the measure, for instance, local governments would have to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s requests to detain people suspected of being undocumented immigrants in local jails until ICE officers come to get them, as The New York Times noted.
The state House passed a version of the bill earlier this week. With passage in the state Senate ― in a 22-18 vote, with all Democrats voting against it ― the bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-bill-ban-sanctuary-cities_n_5cc368c6e4b0fd8e35bc414b