SF politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 days agoICE is giving local police big money to help with immigration enforcement
Florida's CFO distributed $250 million to sheriffs for cooperation in deporting undocumented immigrants through the 287(g) program.
County leaders chiefly characterized the five-eighths-cent sales tax increase, known as Measure A, as a lifeline for their massive public hospital system, which they warned was at risk of falling apart amid unprecedented federal spending cuts under President Donald Trump. But county law enforcement officials and workers only endorsed the tax after saying they gained assurances from the county that their budgets would get a portion of the funds.