Sarasota, Palm Beach sheriffs walk back immigration bonuses for deputies

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 497

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Two Florida sheriff’s offices on Tuesday took back planned bonuses for their immigration officers, striking tens of thousands of dollars in already-approved state grant requests.

The Sarasota and Palm Beach County sheriff’s offices are the first local law enforcement agencies to decide they don’t want the state to reimburse them for immigration officer bonuses — because the counties don’t plan to give them.

This comes despite Sarasota’s $136,000 and Palm Beach’s $59,000 applications already being …

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