Police chiefs around Tampa Bay signed voluntary agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February of last year, and have since been reassuring concerned community members that their involvement with ICE is limited. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri wants to end that, demanding the state go after local departments he says aren’t putting enough […]
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Tampa Bay cops say their ICE agreements are a formality. Pinellas’ sheriff says that’s not enough
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said there’s an ‘agency problem’ in local departments where police haven’t deputized officers to enforce federal immigration law.
