Florida Names Police Chiefs/Sheriffs To Assist With ICE

Florida Politics reports:

St. Cloud Police Chief Douglas Goerke will be one of eight inaugural members of Florida’s new State Immigration Enforcement Council. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson named Goerke to the panel, where he’ll join four appointees chosen by the Legislature’s top two officials in advising the Cabinet on how best to coordinate immigration enforcement with Trump’s administration.

Established under SB 2C, a sweeping immigration measure Gov. Ron DeSantis signed less than an hour after lawmakers passed it last Thursday, the State Immigration Enforcement Council is composed of eight members: four appointed by the Senate President and House Speaker, and four appointed by each member of the Cabinet. All must be Police Chiefs or Sheriffs.

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.@WiltonSimpson appoints @ChiefDougGoerke to new #StateImmigrationEnforcementCouncil

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