Miami-Dade Mayor: 'We Never Claimed To Be A Sanctuary City'

AND THEN ANOTHER 10 DEGREES
COOLER ON TOP OF THAT FOR
SUNDAY.
DETAILS WITH THE FORECAST AND
WHEN WE ARE GOING TO WARM UP
COMING UP.
[ SCREAMING ]
THE HEATED IMMIGRATION
DEBATE MAKING ITS WAY TO MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY HALL.
PROTESTORS UPSET WITH THE
DECISION FROM MAYOR CARLOS
GIMENEZ TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL
LAW.
BROWARD COUNTY'S MAYOR IS
WEIGHING IN TONIGHT SAYING
THERE'S NO SANCTUARY THERE FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, EITHER.
THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE TO
THE POLICIES BETWEEN THE
COUNTIES.
CBS4'S CAREY CODD LIVE IN FORT
LAUDERDALE WITH MORE.
Reporter: RIGHT.
THE ISSUE INVOLVES UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE INMATES AT
LOCAL JAILS LIKE THE BROWARD
COUNTY JAIL HERE.
BROWARD'S MAYOR TOLD ME TONIGHT
THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED
FEDERAL LAW IN THESE MATTERS
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND
IN MIAMI-DADE MAYOR GIMENEZ
SAID THEY WILL CHANGE TO ADAPT
TO FEDERAL LAW.
PROTESTORS DEMANDED ANSWERS
FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR
CARLOS GIMENEZ FRIDAY [
SCREAMING ]
Reporter: THEY CALLED HIM A
TRAITOR OVER WHAT THEY SAY AS
HIS CAPITULATION TO ENFORCE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO HOLD JAILED ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS FOR FEDERAL PICKUP.
THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER GIVES
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS LATITUDE
IN WHO CAN BE DEPORTED AND WILL
DEPRIVE FEDERAL FUNDS TO
SANCTUARY CITY WHO SHIELD
CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
HE SAID THIS IS A FINANCIAL
DECISION BASED ON WHAT IT COULD
SEE TO HOLD AND HOUSE AN INMATE
FOR THE FEDS.
THE ISSUE OF $60,000 A YEAR
IS NOT WORTH OF RISK OF LOSING
MILLIONS IN FEDERAL AID.
I STOPPED AND SAID WE WILL NOW
COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HOLD
THOSE WHO ARE UNDER ARREST IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, HOLD IT FOR
THEM UNTIL THEY PICK THEM UP.
Reporter: IN BROWARD THERE'S
NO OUTCRY.
THE COUNTY MAYOR SAYS THEY HAVE
ALWAYS FOLLOWED FEDERAL AND
STATE GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES
TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
DIFFERENTLY SO TO US THIS IS
MOOT.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IN TERMS OF
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
WE ARE NOT A SANCTUARY COUNTY.
Reporter: IN BROWARD IF AN
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IS
ARRESTED HELD ON A PROBABLE
CAUSE WARRANT FOR A JUDGE THAT
IMMIGRANT CAN BE HELD FOR
OFFICIALS.
IN MIAMI-DADE NOW THERE'S A
LOWER STANDARD.
AN UNDOCUMENT IMMIGRANT CAN BE
HELD FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS
WITHOUT A WARRANT FOR A JUDGE
AND WILL ONLY A REQUEST FROM
I.C.E.
OFFICIALS.
THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
POSTED THIS TWEET FRIDAY NIGHT
SAYING MIAMI POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT
AND SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI.
I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE
DECISION OF THE COUNTY.
PROTESTORS ARE CONCERNED THAT
MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICERS
COULD BE CALLED ON TO ENFORCE
IMMIGRATION POLICY.
OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
WE WON'T BE IMMIGRATION
OFFICERS.
I BELIEVE IN COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM PERSONALLY
BUT THAT HAS TO BE THE LAW OF
THE LAND.
Reporter: THE MAYOR PUT OUT
A STATEMENT SAYING THAT MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY HAS NEVER BEEN A
SANCTUARY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE
THAT LOCAL POLICE ARE NOT
LOOKING FOR UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS TO ARREST AND BRING
TO JAIL.
ANY JAIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
INSTEAD, THE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS IN QUESTIONS ARE
PEOPLE ARRESTED ON OTHER
CHARGES AND ONCE THEY ARE
ARRESTED, IT'S BEEN FOUND THEY
ARE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, CAREY
CODD, "CBS4 NEWS TONIGHT."
THANK YOU.
AS YOU SAW IN THE REPORT,
MAYOR GIMENEZ WAS IN OUR STUDIO
TODAY.
HE TAPED AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW

Miami-Dade Mayor: 'We Never Claimed To Be A Sanctuary City'

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