Florida AG Threatens Sheriff: Assist ICE Or Be Removed

Florida Politics reports:

Attorney General James Uthmeier says Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony must enforce U.S. immigration laws, including arresting “illegal aliens (who) are responsible for horrific crimes,” or face removal from office. In a sharply worded letter posted to X, Uthmeier demanded clarification on Tony’s recent remarks about immigration enforcement. He called Tony’s statements, made during a June 3 budget workshop, “problematic,” accusing the Sheriff of refusing to fulfill his legal duties.

During the workshop, Tony said the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) “has other priorities” that he is “focused on, and immigration is not one of them.” He added that arresting undocumented immigrants is “not within our purview, it’s not within our responsibility, and I won’t participate in it.” Uthmeier blasted Tony’s comments in the June 9 letter. Notably, both Tony and Uthmeier were appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who named the Sheriff — a Democrat — to his job in 2019.

Read the full article. Broward County’s largest city by population is Fort Lauderdale, but McMansion-heavy Pembroke Pines may soon take that title.