Florida immigration council warns agencies to report arrests. One member’s agency didn’t.

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 500

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Florida’s immigration enforcement council, made up of top Republican sheriffs and police chiefs, voted Tuesday to remind more than 100 local law enforcement agencies to report their immigration arrests.

But a representative of one of those agencies sits on the council.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, despite having 40 designated immigration officers, has failed to report any immigration-related arrests or encounters over the past year, the council’s data show. Sheriff T.K. Waters — a favorite …

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