Fort Myers is facing new challenges amid a recent decision to partner the FMPD with ICE to address the issue of undocumented ...

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

The city has confirmed that Councilwoman Teresaa Watkins Brown, who missed the ICE vote, will be in attendance. 'But my city ...

The Fort Myers City Council failed to pass an immigration agreement with ICE Monday. Could Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis remove ...

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 change of heart happened after James Uthmeier threatened members with removal for failing to follow a new state law.

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

The unanimous vote at the Fort Myers emergency city council meeting disappointed many regarding the partnership between Ice and FMPD for training and enforcement.

which Fort Myers does not have. He said the law calls for other agencies to use "best faith efforts" to assist ICE. The Attorney General, he said, has advised that "best faith efforts" means ...

and that others — like Fort Myers — must use 'best faith efforts" to assist ICE. All 67 Florida county sheriffs already accepted the memorandum. Nearly immediately after Monday's meeting ...

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 ...