In an emergency meeting Friday the City Council votes unanimously to have some city cops trained as ICE agents ...

City councilmembers in Fort Myers agreed in an emergency meeting to allow local police to be trained by U.S. Immigration and ...

The Fort Myers City Council is meeting to discuss an agreement that allow local law enforcement to be trained by ICE agents ...

In a unanimous vote, Fort Myers City Council passed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Fort Myers Police and ICE after ...

The new vote came after Florida’s Attorney General, James Uthmeier, threatened to remove the council members from office and ...

The Fort Myers City Council failed to pass an agreement with ICE that would have trained city police to act as federal immigration agents. Councilmembers voting against the measure cited their ...

The city argues the court’s intervention is needed because police departments are facing political pressure from the governor ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined Gov. Ron DeSantis in praising Jacksonville City Council approval of local ...

City officials in Fort Myers, Florida, voted last week to approve a new agreement allowing local police to receive training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and help with deportatio ...

Diana Giraldo, Ward 2 council member, was one of three dissenting votes on March 17. She has issued the following statement in advance of the meeting: ...