Overview

• The Key West City Commission voted to void its police department’s 287(g) agreement, effectively declaring the city a sanctuary city.
• Uthmeier pointed to state law that forbids sanctuary policies and requires local governments to use best efforts to assist federal immigration enforcement.
• He demanded that officials reinstate the ICE partnership or face civil, criminal, removal-from-office penalties.
• The AG cited recent arrests of convicted sex offenders in the Florida Keys and Border Patrol records of violent offenders to underscore public safety risks.
• The standoff marks the latest legal and political maneuver in Governor DeSantis’s statewide push to expand and enforce 287(g) agreements against local resistance.