Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz says her deputies will be getting trained to work with federal immigration authorities “to get very bad criminals off of our streets” as part of an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out President Donald Trump’s aggressive plan to deport undocumented immigrants.

“We’re still early on in the [training] process,” said Cordero-Stutz during an interview Sunday morning on WPLG Local 10’s “This Week in South Florida,” with host Glenna Milberg.

The “labor intensive” training course for its deputies runs 40 hours long and that upon completion her deputies need to be vetted and credentialed by ICE officials, Cordero-Stutz said.

“We continue to support our federal partners when it comes to immigration, as we have done for many years,” said Cordero-Stutz, who Trump endorsed during the MDSO Republican primary. “It is very important to remember that the basis for these agreements is to get very bad criminals off of our streets.”

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