Fact Check: Where Donalds and Jolly stand on partnering police with ICE

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has been among the most aggressive states when it comes to helping the federal government with immigration enforcement, carrying out 40% of the arrests nationwide conducted under the 287(g) program that pairs local and state police with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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The DeSantis administration has at times warned local officials that they could be removed from office if they refuse to participate in the program, which has roiled local city halls and immigrant communities like Miami.

Issue: Immigration – 287(g) agreements

Byron Donalds, Republican nominee

Donalds says his administration will continue to cooperate with federal immigration officials through 287(g) agreements. He has said he would remove local officials from office who refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration.

“If you’re a local official and you are not going to cooperate with federal law enforcement, then yes, you need to be removed from office,” he said last month during a campaign stop at the new Miami Republican Party headquarters.

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David Jolly, Democratic nominee

Jolly has called for the agreements to be suspended and said that local law enforcement knows how best to keep their communities safe. He said forcing local cops to engage in immigration stings strips resources from things like child sex crimes.

“Until we see the reforms, show us your badge, show us your face, show us the judicial warrant. I do think [the agreements] should be suspended,” Jolly said in August at his primary election night watch party in Miami Lakes.

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