ICE and 17 Florida Sheriffs Announce New Enforcement Partnership

ICE announced 17 Basic Ordering Agreements with various Florida sheriffs with the stated goal of preventing the release of criminal foreign nationals back into the community. The National Sheriffs' Association and the Major County Sheriffs of America worked with ICE to develop a new process to clarify that foreign nationals held by these jurisdictions are "held under the color of federal authority, thereby affording local law enforcement liability protection from potential litigation as a result of faithfully executing their public safety duties."