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Under duress, Orange County mayor signs ICE addendum to ward off threat of removal from office
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 that their failure to do so would result in their
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.
A frustrated Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, threatened with suspension and removal from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis, said ...
Governor Ron DeSantis addressed concerns from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings about the removal of undocumented migrants ...
Demings had initially declined to sign onto an addendum allowing corrections officers to transport undocumented immigrants ...
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