{"id":188736,"date":"2026-03-12T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:37:09","slug":"end-sanctuary-policies-or-face-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188736\/","title":{"rendered":"end sanctuary policies or face removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a recent letter, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier <\/a>warned Mayor Jane Castor<\/a> that she could face removal from office if she continues to enforce sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier’s letter on Wednesday states that the Tampa Police Department<\/a> has implemented policies that violate several Florida laws concerning immigration enforcement. <\/p>\n

He claims these policies limit the information that the police department can share with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and restrict the department’s participation in immigration enforcement activities.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier stated that under Florida law, sanctuary policies are prohibited. These policies refer to any local law or procedure that prevents law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.<\/p>\n

See also: Florida House votes to let highway speed limits hit 80 mph, axes registration stickers too<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Uthmeier, the police department’s current practices, which allegedly include not sharing information about crime victims’ or witnesses’ immigration status, undermine immigration laws.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Uthmeier claimed that these policies jeopardize the safety of Tampa residents.<\/p>\n

He cited a recent case where a Florida Highway Patrol officer, working through the 287(g)<\/a> program, arrested an undocumented immigrant with a history of violence. He also referenced larger enforcement operations where numerous undocumented immigrants were arrested and convicted of lewd and lascivious behavior, battery, domestic violence, molestation, and more.<\/p>\n

He has given Mayor Castor a deadline of March 31 to reverse the City\u2019s current policies or face civil penalties, including the possibility of being removed from office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a recent letter, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned Mayor Jane Castor that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-188736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}