Orange County FL Adopts Restricted ICE Basic Ordering Agreement with 48-Hour Cap, Stops Short of Full Exit

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Following its April 21, 2026 unanimous vote to terminate the ICE section of its Intergovernmental Service Agreement, the Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners approved a new Basic Ordering Agreement with ICE on June 2, 2026 that caps detainee holds at 48 hours — a restricted continuation rather than a full termination of cooperation.

This is the follow-on to the April termination (2026-04-22–orange-county-fl-terminates-ice-section-igsa-caps-stays-48-hours): the county did not fully exit the ICE relationship but re-papered it under a narrower agreement. The “partial exit” shape — local governments curtailing rather than ending ICE cooperation under political pressure — is the counterweight pattern to the warehouse-conversion buildout, sitting alongside the municipal suits (Salt Lake City 2026-06-08–salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-warehouse-detention-conversion, Romulus, Roxbury) and ordinance restrictions (San Antonio) as the local-resistance lane.

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[1] Orange County to take step revising ICE agreement — Central Florida Public Media · Jun 1, 2026 Tier 1

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The Cascade Ledger. “Orange County FL Adopts Restricted ICE Basic Ordering Agreement with 48-Hour Cap, Stops Short of Full Exit.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, June 2, 2026. https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--orange-county-fl-adopts-restricted-ice-boa-48hr-cap/