US EditionFlorida officials announce more than 6,000 immigration arrests
Florida leads the nation with 326 local agencies deputized under 287(g) agreements, arresting over 6,000 suspected undocumented immigrants in five months, officials said.
- Over the past five months, Florida authorities have taken into custody more than 6,000 individuals believed to be residing in the United States without proper authorization.
- This enforcement follows a Trump-era federal program reviving local authority to police and sheriffs to carry out immigration arrests statewide.
- An operation conducted over four days in central Florida by agencies at the local, state, and federal levels led to the arrest of more than 350 individuals, contributing to the wider enforcement efforts.
- Jeff Dinise, who leads the U.S. Border Patrol operations in Miami, stated that the federal government considers Florida its strongest ally and commended the involvement of Florida sheriffs in various aspects of homeland security.
- The state established an additional immigration detention center at a prison located east of Jacksonville and is currently facing several lawsuits challenging its temporary Everglades site known as 'Alligator Alcatraz'.
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Over the past five months, Florida police authorities have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, an official of the U.S. Border Patrol announced Friday, as the state continues its aggressive approach to help carry out President Donald Trump’s massive deportation agenda. The announcement comes after officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security declare that they will reimburse the state nearly $30 mi…
Over the past five months, Florida law enforcement authorities have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the United States illegally, a Border Patrol official announced Friday, as the state continues its aggressive approach to pushing President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.
More than 6,000 arrested in Florida immigration crackdown, official says
Over the last five months, Florida law enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a U.S. Border Patrol official announced Friday
Over the past five months, Florida police authorities have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the U.S. without authorization, a Border Patrol official announced Friday, as the state continues its aggressive approach to pushing President Donald Trump's massive deportation agenda.
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