Controversy erupted in Coral Gables Tuesday over the police department's agreement to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The deal would train officers to perform immigration functions in the city.

Residents protested as the Coral Gables commission discussed the immigration enforcement partnership between the Police Department and ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Community leaders and advocates on Tuesday called on Coral Gables to end its agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the controversial 287(g) program. “City police should have no role in civil immigration enforcement,