Florida AG threatens to ax Orange County officials over sanctuary policy dispute

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened on Tuesday to remove Orange County leaders from office if they failed to expand cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The county in recent weeks rejected an amendment that would have, among other things, permitted corrections officers expanded authority to coordinate with ICE, mandating local law enforcement to transfer illegal immigrants held in county jails to ICE detention centers. The “ICE addendum” would have required those officers to transport immigration detainees to federal detention centers, including the new ICE holding facility in Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”