President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted the first pinting work across Florida by enlisting local police stations, quickly arresting and deporting illegal aliens of gang members and criminals.
Exclusive footage shot by Breitbart News allows you to see inside the waves of the tide waves. This is the largest weekly operation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the agency's history from May 21 to April 26th.
Since Trump took office, more than 450 new sheriff's offices and police departments across the United States have signed up to work with ICE agents through the 287(g) program.
“Today, there are aliens removed from the US. They were arrested through various elements throughout the Tampa Bay area. They were removed by a judge,” Ice's David Gritte tells Breitbart News.
“We are preparing to move to the airport to stage them across the southwest border for the final removal to our home country,” says Gritte. Within this group, there is one known and suspected member of the Trendragua Gang. ”
In total, 1,120 illegal aliens have been arrested by ice agents as part of the ice wave, with 63% of them either arrested or criminally convicted.
Similarly, 378 illegal aliens who were arrested received a final deportation order, but refused to leave these illegal aliens seen in Breitbart's exclusive footage.
Illegal foreigners in the crimes arrested by ICE agents included gang members related to MS-13, Tren de Aragua, Brown Pride Aztecas, Barrio Aztecas, Surrenos (Sur-13), and 18th Street gang members related to gangs, as well as sex offenders, violent offenders, and burners running from the law.
Among the illegal aliens arrested in the tide waves is Ciro Ramon Castaneda Perez of Venezuela, a well-known member of the terrorist group Tren de Aragua. Castaneda Perez received a final deportation order upon her arrest.
An illegal foreigner suspected of being a member of Carlos Eduardo Perez Perez and Tren de Aragua has also been arrested. Perez crossed the US-Mexico border near Sierra Blanca, Texas in July 2024. He was deported the following month.
Rafael Juarez Cabrera, a member of Guatemala's MS-13 gang, was arrested after illegally re-entering the United States despite being deported on three different occasions. He was under ice custody waiting for prosecution and was later deported.
Mexican Luis Melito Gonzalez Arerano, a gang member of Brown Pride Stecas, was also arrested for the operation. He has a long criminal history in the United States, including armed carjacking, weapon launches, fraud and illegal re-entry. Arrellanno was deported.
Gritte told Breitbart News that the Trump administration allows ice agents to do their jobs, but former President Joe Biden's administration has limited the ability to arrest foreigners illegal criminals.
“We allow what we do to protect our community, and every alien that comes across us on our desks will take them into custody, carry out a final removal order or put them in front of an immigration judge and make their best efforts to make the next decision on their case,” Gritte said.
“There was another priorities issued under the former Secretary of Homeland Security, which narrowed the scope of what we could take action. [we were at risk]Gritte said. “Whenever aliens come across it and we don't do our job to detain them, it puts the public at risk.”
For Operation Tidal Wave, ICE worked closely with the US Customs and Border Protection Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the former US s-Service.
In addition to Florida's government's Ron DeSantis (R), he will also allow state law enforcement agencies to assist with Ice. The sheriff's offices for Alachua, Brevard, Brevard, Brevard, Brevard, Brevard, Hillsboro, Indian River, Orange, Orange, Pinellas, St. John, Volusia, Samia, and Volusia Counties were supported by ice.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him to jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
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