Florida Representative and leading gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds slammed former Republican, and now Democrat David Jolly, an anti-Trump contender, for pledging to undo agreements that allow state and local law enforcement to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
🚨🚨David Jolly says he would REPEAL 287g agreements designed to help ICE deport criminal illegal aliens from our country. pic.twitter.com/KDL5huzFA5
— Byron War Room (@ByronWarRoom) December 15, 2025
Jolly has also criticized expanding detention facilities for undocumented immigrants, claiming it would create fear among Floridians, and has questioned former President Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement.
"Orange County FL has detained over 3,500 ICE inmates since signing its 287(g) Agreement with the Trump Administration," Jolly wrote in a post on Facebook. "Expanding detention facilities in Orlando won't make the community safer, just more fearful. It was wrong then, and it's wrong now."
The 287(g) Agreement is simple in nature. They are formal partnerships between ICE and state or local law‑enforcement agencies that allow local officers to perform certain federal immigration‑enforcement functions, especially in jails, which can lead to the deportation of non‑citizens.
"What Democrats are doing to obstruct, impede, and sabotage @ICEgov is treasonous," Rep. Donalds wrote in response. "The American people granted @POTUS a mandate to deport illegal aliens and Make America Safe Again. As Governor, ANY FLORIDA OFFICIAL that blocks these lawful actions will be REMOVED FROM OFFICE."
What Democrats are doing to obstruct, impede, and sabotage @ICEgov is treasonous.
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) January 17, 2026
The American people granted @POTUS a mandate to deport illegal aliens and Make America Safe Again.
As Governor, ANY FLORIDA OFFICIAL that blocks these lawful actions will be REMOVED FROM OFFICE. pic.twitter.com/KPc5cuXe3z
Jolly once served as a Republican Congressman from Florida, but has since taken to heavily critiquing President Trump. He has entered the race for Flordia Governor as a Democrat.
I’m Democrat David Jolly, and I’m launching my campaign today for Governor of Florida.
— David Jolly (@davidjollyfl) June 5, 2025
Our state is in crisis — not just a crisis of policy, not right versus left, but a crisis of right versus wrong.
It doesn’t have to be this way. pic.twitter.com/Rkql5eaFD2
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