Dem City Council members hold hands, cry during vote against helping ICE, AG follows with swift justice

Democrats in Fort Myers, Florida put on a performance worthy of an award during a meeting to decide whether to let Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) train local police.

The city council was voting to decide if ICE should train local authorities on immigration enforcement operations when they found themselves split three to three. The Democrats on the council held hands and wiped away tears as they made excuse after excuse for why they weren’t able to stand behind the motion.

“It is a tumultuous day and age, and it is a day that I hate sitting in this seat, but my city is not for sale,” Darla Bonk said.

Video of the Fort Myers City Council meeting where they did not approve their officers to have an agreement with ICE is even more insane because the members who voted against it started crying, holding hands:

“I can’t stand behind this as an immigrant, the only immigrant sitting… pic.twitter.com/BDagr7suVW

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) March 18, 2025

Bonk gripped fellow councilwoman Diana Giraldo, who tearfully interjected her own immigration status into the discussion.

“I can’t stand behind this as an immigrant, the only immigrant sitting in this council,” she said. “Although this isn’t about me, I have been in that position, and I can’t even express how heavy this is in my heart and in my mind, knowing that the majority of us that come as immigrants, we don’t come here to commit crimes.”

The deadlock didn’t sit well with Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier, who wasn’t swayed by the tears.

Today, I sent a letter to the Fort Myers City Council.

Sanctuary policies are illegal in Florida. Your vote last night makes you a sanctuary city.

Fix this problem or face the consequences. pic.twitter.com/qBZgY8e90G

— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) March 18, 2025

“Today, I sent a letter to the Fort Myers City Council. Sanctuary policies are illegal in Florida. Your vote last night makes you a sanctuary city. Fix this problem or face the consequences,” he wrote in an X post.

Social media users had his back:

Outstanding!

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) March 18, 2025

Thank you. They knew better, they should be removed. Make an example of them.

— Tamara (@6thGenFloGrown) March 19, 2025

drop the hammer of justice!

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 19, 2025

Proud to be an American.

Grateful to be a Floridian.

— Steve_C (@Steve_C66) March 18, 2025

Thank you so much. Lee County resident here. Surprised and horrified by Fort Myers City Council decision.

— SayYesToTruth (@SayYesToTruth) March 19, 2025

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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