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Commissioners postpone review of sheriff’s immigration-enforcement grant after Flores objects
Summary
Palm Beach County commissioners voted 4-1 to move a consent item increasing grant funding tied to immigration enforcement for the sheriff to the regular agenda after Commissioner Joel Flores objected to the county’s role in local immigration enforcement.
At a Palm Beach County Board meeting, commissioners voted 4-1 to remove a consent item that would increase grant funding tied to immigration enforcement for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and place it on the regular agenda so the sheriff or other parties could provide more information.
Commissioner Joel Flores said he opposed local participation in immigration enforcement and announced he would vote against the measure. "I don't agree with local police enforcement so I will be voting down,"…
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