Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings Signs ICE Addendum After War of Words with Florida Attorney General
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUG 2 – Mayor Jerry Demings signed the ICE agreement under state pressure, amid a 126% increase in detainees and threats of suspension by Governor DeSantis, impacting local enforcement roles.
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'We signed the damn thing': Mayor furious after threats force him to make ICE agreement
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings signed an updated agreement with U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) on Friday, although he later said he did so under “protest and extreme duress.”It came days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened the mayor and all six county commissioners th...


Demings says he signed ICE pact ‘under protest and extreme duress’
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, threatened with removal from office by the governor, said he signed an amendment to an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement "under protest and extreme duress."
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings signs ICE addendum after war of words with Florida attorney general
Orange County’s mayor signed an addendum that would allow county jail officials to transport immigration detainees to ICE facilities, despite a public war of words with Florida’s attorney general over the addendum.
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