Gov. Ron DeSantis is encouraging sheriffs and police chiefs in the state to fight to keep staff members as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to recruit Florida officers who recently completed immigration-enforcement training.

Florida’s governor is steering clear of a growing rift between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and several of the state’s sheriffs.

A number of law enforcement officials aren't happy with Immigration and Customs Enforcement's attempt at poaching local officers from their departments, NBC News said in a report. Criticism flowed in as the agency retooled its recruitment strategies to satisfy a 10,