Overview
- Commissioners directed setting a firm timeline for the U.S. Marshals Service to negotiate higher reimbursement, noting the county is paid $88 per detainee per day versus an estimated $180 cost and often waits 120 days or more to be repaid.
- Mayor Jerry Demings’ letter to ICE caps those held without local charges at 66 men and 64 women and bars repeated rebookings starting March 1.
- Corrections Chief Louis Quiñones reported a sharp drop in people held solely on immigration violations, down to 22 on Tuesday, with no recent repeat bookings.
- The board will pursue a resolution opposing a reported ICE processing site at an east Orlando warehouse, after attorneys warned a local moratorium would likely fail under the Supremacy Clause and Florida’s SB 180.
- Some commissioners and advocates pushed for immediate litigation, but county attorneys advised there is no straightforward case and urged building a stronger record before going to court.