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Community Organizations and Residents Urge Florida International University Officials to Reject 287g Contract
Proposed agreement would force campus police into federal immigration enforcement roles – undermining public safety, eroding community trust, and exposing the university to legal and financial risk
Miami – This Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 8 to 9 AM, FIU faculty, students, and immigration community advocates will congregate in front of the Graham Center GC Ballrooms in MMC, outside of BOT meeting, to tell the Board of Trustees that we don’t want FIU – ICE 287 (g) agreements and that we are not going anywhere until FIU Police rescinds its ICE 287 (g) collaboration agreement.
Faculty, students, and community advocates will also be available for comments to the press to explain why we are calling for FIU Police to immediately withdraw from the ICE 287 (g) collaboration agreement.
Under Florida statute 908.11, only a “sheriff or the chief correctional officer operating a county detention facility must enter into a written agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in the immigration program established under s. 287(g).” Florida International University does not operate a county detention facility and is therefore not legally required to participate in the program.
Community leaders warn that deputizing local police to carry out federal immigration duties under 287(g) agreements imposes a significant financial burden on taxpayers, increases exposure to legal liability, and undermines the public trust essential to building community safety.