Florida law enforcement agencies’ collaboration with federal immigration officials has raised concerns about immigrants disappearing into jail systems. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has designated all records created under the cooperation agreement as federal, which may restrict public access to information on detainees.
Local elected officials faced threats from the state attorney general for initially resisting cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ericka Gómez-Tejeda from Hope Community Center stated that local officials claimed federal records fall outside state open records laws.
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