ICE, Florida law enforcement arrest nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in massive operation

ORLANDO WESH Over the weekend U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement broadcasted the arrest of nearly undocumented immigrants in just four days as part of a first of its kind partnership with Florida law enforcement agencies Operation Tidal Wave is an example of FL and DHS partnering to deliver big results on immigration enforcement and deportations Gov Ron DeSantis wrote on X Photos of Operation Tidal Wave shared by ICE on X show an FDLE officer and State Trooper assisting federal agents The ICE agents in the interior they re removing residents safety threats and national defense threats every day White House Limit Czar Tom Homan mentioned Monday This content is imported from Twitter You may be able to find the same content in another format or you may be able to find more information at their web site A spokesperson for the Florida Immigrant Coalition Thomas Kennedy is critical of state agencies helping ICE with immigration enforcement This is just going to exacerbate worker shortages Kennedy noted It s going to make our communities less safe because people are going to be afraid to account crime because they think police is going to show up at their doors to deport them It makes our state a less welcoming and less friendly place Kennedy communicated WESH he s heard of raids happening in Tampa and Homestead that targeted both homes and construction sites workplaces As President Trump approaches days in office Secretary of State Marco Rubio on NBC s Meet the Press Sunday morning defended the removal of U S -born children with their undocumented mother on a deportation flight to Honduras So the mother the parents make that choice Secretary Rubio announced I imagine those three U S citizen children have fathers here in the United States They can stay with their father That s up to their family to decide where the children go Children go with their parents Parents decide where their children go The U S deported their mothers who were illegally in America The Trump administration s crackdown on illegal immigration is having a ripple effect on the largest county jail in Central Florida From Jan through mid-April Orange County Corrections reports that it booked people with an ICE detainer of those inmates were not facing any local criminal charges As of Monday morning a jail spokesperson stated it had inmates with ICE detainers of them are not charged locally with a crime During the Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting last Tuesday jail chief Louis Qui ones explained inmates with immigration warrants can be held up to hours under the agreement with ICE but the majority are being transferred within to hours to other federal detention facilities like the one in Miami The previous 24 hours alone they brought in inmates that had no local charges and we re projecting to get for the next five days Qui ones recounted the commissioners on April So what that suggests to me is that ICE is very advancing within Central Florida Mayor Jerry Demings revealed In addition to the county jail s Warrant Facility Officer agreement the Orange County Sheriff s Office and Orlando Police Departments have entered g Task Force Model agreements with ICE Trump on Monday was expected to sign two more executive orders on immigration One of them directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Safety to publish a list of so-called sanctuary cities that are not complying with federal immigration enforcement