Florida AG Investigates Mayor’s Office Over Official’s Comments Against ICE Enforcement

A criminal subpoena demands all communications be provided from a city official who was suspended after posting a video about how to avoid ICE operations.
Florida AG Investigates Mayor’s Office Over Official’s Comments Against ICE Enforcement
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks at the National Conservative Convention in Washington on Sept. 3, 2025. Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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A North Florida mayor’s administration may have coordinated to shelter criminal illegal aliens and obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a criminal subpoena issued on Feb. 9 by the Office of Statewide Prosecution.

As part of the criminal investigation, state prosecutors are requesting all forms of communication from a suspended-then-reinstated employee in Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s office from Jan. 2 to Jan. 16, vowing that there will be accountability if evidence of unlawful activity is found.

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