A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor is griping about the Department of Homeland Security looking to “poach” local and state law enforcement for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“Sheriffs losing deputies who are in this fight to just wear a different jersey, basically, but still be in the fight, that doesn’t necessarily add to what we’re doing. It’s just moving someone over,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday.
However, there are salient material reasons why someone would put on a “different jersey,” given the sweet deal D.C. is dangling in front of current cops.
ICE is offering benefits that can’t be matched locally, in what it calls a “robust package of federal law enforcement incentives, including a “maximum $50,000 signing bonus.” Depending on how hiring progresses, it could exacerbate long-term shortages in law enforcement agencies.
Enhanced retirement benefits, student loan forgiveness, 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for HSI Special Agents, and “Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUI) for Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Deportation Officers” are among the incentives.
The Governor hopes sheriffs stand up against this poaching attempt.
“I know when that letter hit, I heard a lot of static coming out of our sheriffs’ departments about that. And I told them, I said, listen, you know, you guys got to defend your agencies and your people. I mean, you say, fight for what you think is right. I mean, this isn’t my policy. It’s coming down from ICE,” DeSantis said.
The feds note that “significant new funding through the recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill” facilitates these “benefits to attract the next generation of law enforcement professionals to find, arrest, and remove criminal illegal aliens.”
But DeSantis doesn’t know why that next generation needs to come from local and state ranks.
Recruitment letters went to “a lot of people that are 287G qualified that are working in local agencies in Florida and even some state agencies and are dangling like a lot of bonus money and all this other stuff.”
“And I know some sheriffs have had concerns, you know, that that’s happening. It’s like, hey, we’ve been doing all this stuff to help you guys, and now you’re trying to poach our people who are already in the fight. Why not recruit additional people to be supplementing that instead of just kind of displacing?”
Cops aren’t the only recruitment target. ICE is also making the play in major cities, at college campuses, and at job fairs, so additional people are being recruited.
The Governor made the comments at a Florida Highway Patrol Headquarters in Orlando.
11 comments
Frankie M.
August 1, 2025 at 12:35 pm
Kinda like going into Maralago & poaching staff members from the *SPA. You don’t do that. You don’t mow another man’s lawn.
SPA=Sexual Predators of America
Guv William j LePetomane
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 am
Mighty rich coming from the party of child mutilation and the original rapist Bill Clinton who sctusl visited Jew Boy Islsnd what, 27 to 29 times? While Trump had that degenerate Pedo Jew boyvthrown out of Mar-A-Largo as soon as figured out what scum of the earth he was. As far as you’re concerned, leftist loser, GFYS with a flaming cactus.
Frankie M.
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Instead of sticking their noses where they don’t belong maybe ICE can audit the finances of local municipalities with liberal leaning mayors? I’d even extend to them an invitation to examine the no-bid contracts at Alligator Alcatraz but that might be out of their purview….a bridge too far if you will. If only Florida had some sort of state agency that could look into wasteful spending but alas that’s just a pipe dream.
Mike
August 2, 2025 at 5:50 am
Whatddaya wanna bet they are filtering the applicants to find the most racist and abusive candidates?
George Williams
August 2, 2025 at 8:46 am
He has been my favorite governor for a long time now especially with what we’ve had to endure here in the northeast. But in all honesty, I’ve seen him make a sustained pitch to law enforcement officers in our jurisdiction for years. How is this situation any different
Ben
August 2, 2025 at 9:27 am
Kind of gives another reason to federalize more law enforcement—if local municipalities become too short staffed
Htos1av
August 2, 2025 at 1:46 pm
You might wanna retihnk that…obama “weaponized’ locals to REMOVE all whites/Christian/men BY 2025, but have been stymied so far….the riots can’t start w/o USAID funding.
John Martini
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 am
Unfortunately this is just one more result of Biden and the Democrat Party creating havoc and trying to destroy the country with their wide open borders policy of “y’all come.” and now you clearly see the law of unintended? consequences at work.
Frankie M.
August 2, 2025 at 10:39 am
Pretty rich coming from the party that wanted to get to the bottom of this whole Epstein files but now act like Jeffrey who? If Trump really had dirt on Clinton like you say he’d be waving it around instead of just shooting his mouth. Trump talks trash about every other person but wishes Ghislaine well? That says it all right there. Next your gonna blame Obama…smh
Joseph Kavanagh
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 pm
Frankie , It is common knowledge that Clinton Flew on Lolita express numerous times. True has bigger Fish to Fry like Brennan, Clapper and Hillary for the Obama /Russia scandal.
Htos1av
August 2, 2025 at 1:43 pm
I would investigate how “the bubbleheaded bleachblonde who comes ON AT FIVE!” got elected mayor in Jax!!!
A LOT of dems need to relocate permanently to Raiford, like Corrine Brown did.
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