TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd made national news this week as he railed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement for trying to recruit his deputies.

ICE is under pressure from the Trump administration to hire 10,000 new agents, but some local law enforcement agencies aren't happy with the way they're going about it.

Judd said deputies from Polk County are now getting recruitment emails from ICE officials offering a potential $50,000 signing bonus and other benefits to join federal law enforcement.

NBC News reported that the emails went mostly to officers whose agencies participate in the 287(g) program that deputizes local and state law enforcement to assist ICE. All 67 counties in Florida have signed 287(g) agreements.

Judd said they're targeting officers who

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