Source: Florida Politics
“Florida’s Governor is griping about the Department of Homeland Security looking to ‘poach’ local and state law enforcement for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ‘Sheriffs losing deputies who are in this fight to just wear a different jersey, basically, but still be in the fight, that doesn’t necessarily add to what we’re doing. It’s just moving someone over,’ Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. … ICE is offering benefits that can’t be matched locally, in what it calls a ‘robust’ package of federal law enforcement incentives, including a ‘maximum $50,000 signing bonus.’ Depending on how hiring progresses, it could exacerbate long-term shortages in law enforcement agencies. Enhanced retirement benefits, student loan forgiveness, 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for HSI Special Agents, and ‘Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUI) for Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Deportation Officers’ are among the incentives.” (08/01/25)
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/749430-ron-desantis-ice-poaching/