Overview
- ICE quietly ordered local police in Florida and Texas to withhold any records or answers about joint immigration work unless ICE approves.
- The directive clashes with Florida’s Sunshine Law, which presumes public access to government records and could spur courtroom fights over who controls local data.
- The order covers 287(g) partnerships, a program that lets local officers carry out federal immigration tasks such as civil immigration arrests.
- Florida has rapidly expanded 287(g), with the Miami‑Dade sheriff’s office increasing certified officers from about 100 to 971 in under four months.
- In a separate shift, the Eleventh Circuit issued a 2–1 decision that lets many ICE detainees in Florida, Alabama and Georgia request bond hearings.