In June 2025, the Miami City Commission voted 3-2 to deputize CIty of Miami police officers to act as immigration agents through a 287(g) agreement with ICE, despite hours of public testimony against it. More than a year later, the agreement is still in place, even after Mayor Eileen Higgins and a majority of commissioners have said they're open to ending it.

Miami DSA is organizing with our neighbors to call on the City of Miami to cancel its 287(g) agreement with ICE and refuse any cooperation with the federal government in its effort to deport our neighbors! Fill out this form to write a letter to your City of Miami Commissioner!

Live outside the City of Miami? Currently, Miami DSA is focusing our efforts on the City of Miami to maximize pressure on a single target. But there are still ways to help! You can fill out our ICE Out Pledge to support our campaign and be kept up to date with our upcoming events, and you can check here to find if your city has signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE!

The letter will appear like this by default, and will autopopulate with your name and zip code. It will also whatever you write in the box under the first line:

Dear [insert commissioner]

My name is [insert your name] and I'm a constituent in your district in [zip code].

[YOUR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE]

I am writing to ask you to end the City of Miami's 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [A sentence will be added here addressing the commissioner's prior stance on this issue].

This agreement allows Miami police officers to act as federal immigration agents. It is making families in our community afraid to go to work or take their children to school. That fear doesn't make any of us safer.

So far, City officials have said that only three Miami officers have been officially trained. However, community members and immigration lawyers have reported seeing local police work with ICE during traffic stops, and the Miami Police Department has entered over 450 “suspected unauthorized alien encounters” into Florida’s immigration database since 2025. As long as the door remains open to cooperation with ICE, fear will remain.

Miami is not legally required to participate in this program. The city does not operate a jail, and in June 2026, attorneys from the ACLU of Florida, Community Justice Project, and Americans for Immigrant Justice sent the Commission a legal memo explaining why the city can exit the agreement.

I would appreciate a response letting me know where you stand on this issue. Thank you for your time and your service to our community.

Sincerely,

[Your name and zip code]