{"id":203164,"date":"2026-03-23T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203164\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:56:08","slug":"ice-finalizes-partnership-with-usf-the-crows-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203164\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE\u00a0finalizes\u00a0partnership with USF\u00a0 \u2013 The Crow’s Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo courtesy of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality<\/p>\n

By Jasmin Parrado<\/p>\n

After more than 10 months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u00a0finalized\u00a0the 287(g) agreement with the University of South Florida Police Department, granting UPD officers the authority to question and detain people for immigration-related charges \u2014 tasks usually delegated to federal immigration agencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICE approved partnerships with 10 institutions in the State University System of Florida, as well as at least six other postsecondary institutions last spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

USF and Florida State University\u00a0remained absent<\/a>\u00a0from ICE\u2019s 287(g) delegation database until this year, despite USF\u00a0first signing<\/a>\u00a0the agreement on\u00a0April 22, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Almost a\u00a0year later, Christopher Daniel, the UPD\u2019s chief of police, signed USF\u2019s memorandum of agreement on Feb. 4, and Charles Wall, ICE\u2019s deputy director, signed just six days later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

FSU later joined on Feb. 18, more than a week after ICE approved USF\u2019s agreement, making it the last institution of the State University System of Florida to join.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Community backlash over local and academic law enforcement agreements has echoed for\u00a0almost a\u00a0year across the Tampa Bay area.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Organizations like the League of Women Voters of Florida gather regularly to push back against the prospect of local agreements or to encourage withdrawal from current partnerships.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) also circulated news of USF\u2019s finalized agreement on an Instagram post released March 2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSHAME ON USF, SHAME ON CHRIS DANIEL, SHAME ON MOEZ LIMAYEM,\u201d the post read. \u201cWE WILL NOT WELCOME ICE ON OUR CAMPUS TO TARGET OUR FELLOW STUDENTS.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida\u00a0still remains\u00a0the state with the highest number of 287(g) partnerships, with 344 participating agencies to date, including municipalities and universities \u2014\u00a0neither of which are mandated explicitly to sign on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0federal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0state<\/a>\u00a0directives outlining 287(g) only require county and state departments to join.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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