President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts are in full swing, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducting raids across the country, including South Florida.
While Florida lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis are in a standoff over illegal-immigration legislation, there’s one part of the measure that has received little discussion but deeply worries social service and immigration advocates.
Under Trump's instructions, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids in South Florida.
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office in Miramar saw long lines as people checked to see if their<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Trump ended use of a border app to allow migrants to enter the country on two-year permits with eligibility to work, canceling tens of thousands of appointments into early February for people stranded in Mexico. Nearly 1 million people entered the U.S. at land crossings with Mexico by using the CBP One app.
DeSantis has suggested he would veto the legislation rolled out on Monday by leaders of the Florida Legislature.
U.S. federal authorities have begun immigration raids targeting undocumented immigrants in South Florida. Officials said those arrested were wanted for serious<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their countries of origin or internally to other U.S. detention centers.
Several operations were carried out by federal officials in South Florida on Sunday, leading to the arrest of alleged undocumented immigrants in Broward County.
I spoke with the president today, and I told him I am working on this and we want to be helpful and he was basically, ‘I want as strong as possible, as strong as possible,’” DeSantis told supporters in the call.
"FHP is equipped and hard at work to enforce illegal immigration laws in Florida," the agency said in a social media post.