--- title: Miami-Dade to Comply With Donald Trump's Sanctuary City Ban description: A Florida mayor is taking a harder line on immigration in response to President Donald Trump's pledged crackdown on "sanctuary cities." canonical: https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-27T13:52:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:39:32.898Z article:section: Politics og:title: Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants og:description: Mayor Carlos Gimenez took action following the order signed by President Trump og:url: https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf2a2f0c958f65f4/6988b7895f570f966bb23e39/miami-trump-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Muslim Immigrant Protest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants twitter:description: Mayor Carlos Gimenez took action following the order signed by President Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf2a2f0c958f65f4/6988b7895f570f966bb23e39/miami-trump-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jan 27, 2017 1:52 PM UTC  Protesters hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration in downtown Miami. on Jan. 26, 2017. Protesters hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration in downtown Miami. on Jan. 26, 2017.Alan Diaz—AP by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jan 27, 2017 1:52 PM UTC A Florida mayor is taking a harder line on immigration in response to President Donald Trump’s pledged crackdown on “sanctuary cities.” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, a Republican who voted for Hillary Clinton, has ordered county jails to comply with [federal immigration detention requests](http://time.com/4578847/sanctuary-city-mayors-donald-trump-immigration/), one day after Trump signed an executive order to target undocumented immigrants, the [_Miami Herald_](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article128984759.html) reports. The order threatened to cut funds to “sanctuary cities,” local governments that don’t cooperate fully with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “In light of the provisions of the Executive Order, I direct you and your staff to honor all immigration detainer requests received from the Department of Homeland Security,” his brief memo read. > [](https://twitter.com/HernandezMA5/status/824758734299742208) Although Miami-Dade has never officially declared itself a “sanctuary,” it has previously refused to indefinitely detain prisoners who are undocumented and wanted by ICE. In a tweet sent Thursday night, President Trump praised the Gimenez’ order. “Miami-Dade Mayor drops sanctuary policy. Right decision. Strong!” he tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/824767281146245120) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants","datePublished":"2017-01-27T13:52:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:39:32.898Z","description":"Mayor Carlos Gimenez took action following the executive order signed by President Trump","url":"https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/","keywords":["Miami","onetime","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf2a2f0c958f65f4/6988b7895f570f966bb23e39/miami-trump-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf2a2f0c958f65f4/6988b7895f570f966bb23e39/miami-trump-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Muslim Immigrant Protest","caption":"Protesters hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration in downtown Miami. on Jan. 26, 2017.","creditText":"Alan Diaz—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/miami/","name":"Miami"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4651518/miami-dade-mayor-sanctuary-city-donald-trump/","name":"Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants"}}]}] ```