Orange County FL Unanimously Terminates ICE Section of IGSA, Caps Detainee Holds at 48 Hours

On April 21–22, 2026, the Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to terminate the ICE-specific section of its Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) with the federal government, while keeping the broader U.S. Marshals Service agreement intact. Under a new Basic Ordering Agreement, the county jail will release ICE detainees after 48 hours in custody rather than holding them indefinitely. The vote was met with cheers from an “Immigrants Are Welcome Here” coalition of more than 50 community leaders. The county must still accept ICE detainees at intake under the remaining USMS contract — the ICE-holding authority is severed, but a referral loophole remains.

This is a county-government counter-move against the IGSA mechanism that drives the detention buildout — the same contractual lever Bradford County, Florida wrestled with in the SABOT proposal (2026-01-15–bradford-county-fl-commissioners-advance-sabot-igsa-3000-bed-proposal, 2026-04-16–bradford-county-fl-tables-sabot-igsa-douglas-building-ice-detention). It falls on the same date as Cumberland County, Maine’s 3-1 vote to remove ICE from its USMS contract, suggesting an April 2026 cluster of local boards severing ICE-holding roles in the wake of the Detention Reengineering push. The exact 48-hour Basic Ordering Agreement terms and the scope of the intake obligation under the surviving USMS contract are the open questions.