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    2         A memorial to the Secretary of Homeland Security
    3         urging the United States Department of Homeland
    4         Security to provide guidance and training
    5         opportunities for 287(g) agreements.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump, in Executive Order
    8  14159, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,”
    9  ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with state
   10  and local law enforcement agencies across the United States to
   11  ensure their assistance with the protection of the American
   12  people, and
   13         WHEREAS, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland
   14  Security to enter into 287(g) agreements, under the Immigration
   15  and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. s. 1357, with state and local law
   16  enforcement agencies to perform the functions of immigration
   17  officers by assisting the Federal Government with the
   18  investigation, apprehension, and detention of illegal aliens,
   19  and
   20         WHEREAS, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland
   21  Security to structure 287(g) agreements in the manner that
   22  provides the most effective model for state and local law
   23  enforcement agencies to assist the Federal Government in
   24  enforcing federal immigration laws, and
   25         WHEREAS, in response to the border crisis, the Legislature
   26  passed enhanced state laws to combat illegal immigration, making
   27  Florida a national leader in fighting illegal immigration, and
   28         WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1808 (2022) required county
   29  correctional facilities to enter into 287(g) agreements with the
   30  Federal Government, and
   31         WHEREAS, to better assist state and local law enforcement
   32  agencies, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Federal
   33  Government should provide such agencies with guidance and
   34  training opportunities, and
   35         WHEREAS, Florida is ready to provide assistance, as this
   36  state is home to robust, highly qualified, strategic, year-round
   37  assets for law enforcement training, including the Camp Blanding
   38  Joint Training Center in which the taxpayers have made
   39  significant investments to establish it as the premier training
   40  facility in the Southeastern United States, and
   41         WHEREAS, this state’s training facilities are available and
   42  prepared to meet the anticipated training and operational needs
   43  of state and local law enforcement agencies entering into 287(g)
   44  agreements, NOW, THEREFORE,
   45  
   46  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   48         That the Secretary of Homeland Security is urged to provide
   49  guidance, training opportunities, and any other necessary
   50  directives to ensure cooperation and coordination with 287(g)
   51  agreements and to maximize the state and local law enforcement
   52  agencies impact in assisting the Federal Government in
   53  combatting the effects of the unprecedented flood of illegal
   54  immigration to the United States.
   55         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State is
   56  directed to dispatch copies of this memorial to the President of
   57  the United States, the President of the United States Senate,
   58  the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the
   59  Secretary of Homeland Security, and each member of the Florida
   60  delegation to the United States Congress.