Immigrant haven of Miami-Dade votes AGAINST sanctuary status – as protesters scream: ‘shame on you’
County commissioners in immigrant-rich Miami-Dade voted Friday to uphold their Cuban-born mayor’s order to cooperate with federal immigration officials
Florida’s Miami-Dade County is the only U.S. county where more than half the population is foreign-born
Commissioners backed the order of Mayor Carlos Gimenez that was delivered after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities
In emotional public testimony, dozens spoke against the order
Many of the people gathered at the meeting stood and shouted obscenities at the commissioners when they voted to uphold the mayor
DailyMail.com
18 February 2017
County commissioners in immigrant-rich Miami-Dade voted Friday to uphold their Cuban-born mayor’s order to cooperate with federal immigration officials, drawing shouts of ‘shame on you’ from those hoping to make their community a sanctuary city.
Though it’s the only U.S. county where more than half the population is foreign-born, Florida’s Miami-Dade has bucked a trend among some cities that have sought to defy federal immigration crackdowns out of sympathy with their large migrant populations.
The commissioners, voting 9-3, backed the order of Mayor Carlos Gimenez that was delivered after the administration of President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from the so-called sanctuary cities.
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