US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Florida announced the arrests of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants on Thursday.
Recent crackdowns included the capture of “history” and “history” Mexican nationals, including “history”, and “history”, “history”, “history”, “history”, “history”, “history”, “history”, “history”, according to ICE Deputy Director Madison Xiahan.
“This operation is a historic marker of success that has been made possible due to our partnership with Florida,” Xiahan said. “Together, we have made more than 1,100 arrests and managed to remove some violent gang members from the community here in Florida. Operation Tidal Wave is the first of this type of operation to utilize 287(g) resources to integrate with state and local law enforcement to support daily ice missions.”
Ice explains 287(g) program As allowing local law enforcement agencies to “enforce certain aspects of U.S. immigration law.”
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The Department of Homeland Security said the tide wave represents “most single arrests made by the state in the week that ICE had ever had.” (ice)
Xiahan also called Operation Tidal Wave “a model that can be taken to other states and can make it a priority that the President has protected the American people to ensure that our community is safe and secure.”
Ice said Thursday that the operation carried out from April 21 to 26 resulted in a total of 1,120 arrests, with 63% of those arrested by existing criminal arrests or convicted people.
“The arrests included 378 criminal illegal aliens in a final removal order issued by an immigration judge. Officers arrested a variety of violent offenders, gang members, sex offenders, fugitives from justice, and people pose a serious public safety threat (Sur-13) and 18th Street Gang,” the statement said.
Of those arrested, 437 were assigned from Guatemala, 280 from Mexico, 153 from Honduras, 48 from Venezuela, 24 from El Salvador and 178 from elsewhere, officials added.
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According to ICE, operational waves that were deployed in Florida last week were unfolding. (ice)
“We had President Joe Biden, and we opened the borders and declared that people could basically come illegally. The enforcement of interior affairs was basically null and emptiness,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Thursday. “And this was affecting communities across the country, including Florida, as well as the southern borders and regions of Texas and Arizona.”
“The Florida agency has supported federal authorities and has made it arrest more than 1,100 illegal aliens statewide, which has really been a huge impact,” the Republican continued. “And we're showing you whether we're going to continue to lead this issue. And you'll see some of the people who've been arrested. These are people who should never have been in our country. Some of these people have been deported previously.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak at a press conference on immigration enforcement at Homestead Air Force Base on February 26th in Homestead, Florida. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
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“We'll send you a message for the future. The United States is serious about enforcing immigration laws,” DeSantis said. “So under the previous president, we were able to come to the border knowing that we could pay the coyote and return home once we got there. We have a new sheriff in town. That's not allowed.”
