{"id":332766,"date":"2026-07-08T07:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332766\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:44:23","slug":"why-miami-exiting-ices-287g-program-wouldnt-change-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332766\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Miami exiting ICE’s 287(g) program wouldn’t change much"},"content":{"rendered":"

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City of Miami Police Chief Edwin L\u00f3pez responds to questions related to the 287(g) city agreement with ICE, from commissioner Damian Pardo, during a Miami City Commission meeting, at City Hall, on June 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

Pedro Portal<\/p>\n

pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n

Miami commissioners are weighing whether to end the city\u2019s 287(g) partnership with ICE after residents pleaded for its termination. But opinion columnist Mary Anna Mancuso argues the exit would change little in practice \u2014 while potentially costing the city millions.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY: The city of Miami wants to end this ICE program. Here\u2019s why it doesn\u2019t matter | Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n

Mancuso argues that ending Miami\u2019s 287(g) agreement would be mostly symbolic. Opponents\u2019 real fight is with Florida and the federal government, not city hall.Only two Miami police officers are trained under the agreement, and they get involved only after someone is arrested on a criminal charge, according to City Manager James Reyes. The city has issued just 14 immigration detainers, all tied to serious crimes or repeat offenders.Miami\u2019s enforcement footprint is tiny compared to neighbors. Between August 2025 and last month, Sunny Isles Beach made 32 immigration-related arrests and Miami Springs made 16 detentions. Miami police made one.The fear in immigrant communities is real \u2014 but it\u2019s driven by ICE\u2019s Miami field office, which has arrested over 41,000 people since the start of the Trump administration, more than any other field office nationwide.Exiting carries real costs. City Attorney George Wysong warned the city could lose roughly $7.5 million in state funding. Key West and Fort Myers tried to reject 287(g) last year and reversed course after Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened their officials with removal.<\/p>\n

This summary was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of Miami Police Chief Edwin L\u00f3pez responds to questions related to the 287(g) city agreement with ICE,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-332766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332766","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=332766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}