On December 18th Eileen Higgins will take over as mayor of Miami, becoming the first woman to hold this position. Its policies focus on Restoring trust in the city council and in face the measures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICEfor its acronym in English) in the district.
During his second round campaign Higgins criticized immigration measures promoted by the Trump administration. Among other things, he alluded to the city’s decision to sign an agreement with ICE known as 287(g), which enables local law enforcement Cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The Democrat assures us that Miami should have opposed the program and followed South Miami’s examplewhich sued the state over the mandate.
“There is none no reason so that our police in the city have to take over the work of enforcing federal immigration law,” he said in an interview with Telemundo.
Manny Moralesassured the police chief of the city of Miami CBS News Miami that Higgins will have an impact on policing and emphasized that the city agreed to the 287(g) agreement because it was viewed as a legal obligation of the state, not as instructions to conduct immigration raids.
“I firmly believe the mayor has one very important role to play into the way we police our city,” Morales said.
In dialogue with The countrythe former local councilor He demanded respect for the residents of this city with a high proportion of immigrants and questioned President Trump’s “cruel” policies. In this context he announced this will seek to terminate the 287(g) agreement.
“The involvement of our police officers in anti-immigrant activities is challenging harmful to the city. “We need a police force that makes people feel safe by being present in every neighborhood,” he emphasized.
In the same vein, he added: “We cannot be perceived as such.” an arm of the federal government Who is looking for our residents?
Higgins also outlined a plan for this The goal is to reduce the impact of federal operations and offer Assistance for the foreign population, which makes up 57% of the city.
In this sense, the idea of the elected mayor is to use all the municipal tools at his disposal curb the rise of detention practices, strengthen legal certainty of residents and create one Environment in which families do not live in danger permanently from an unforeseen arrest.
Higgins was born and educated in Ohio Mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico and a Master in Business Administration at Cornell University.
From 2009 to 2012, she served as an official at the State Department during the Obama administration.
In 2018 he started working as Miami-Dade County CommissionerPosition for which she was elected District 5. He remained in this role until November of this year.
About The Author
