Fort Myers, Florida, Mayor Kevin Anderson told Newsmax on Friday that the city will likely pass a memorandum to allow law enforcement to train and act as immigration agents despite tearful objections from some city council members.

The Fort Myers City Council met on Monday for a vote on a memorandum of agreement that would allow city law enforcement to train with and act as agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which failed to pass in a vote of 3-3.

Anderson told “Wake Up America” that the meeting made him “embarrassed for our city, to be quite honest with you” after two council members who spoke out against the memorandum broke out in tears.

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