Florida has become the first state to enter into an agreement with the Trump administration that allows all local and state law enforcement to carry out federal immigration duties. All 67 county sheriff’s departments across the state have signed what are known as 287(g) agreements with the federal government that permit nonfederal law enforcement in

Under the new agreements, sheriff’s deputies gain more immigration enforcement power with ICE supervision. Local sheriff’s offices will be able to interrogate suspected illegal immigrants, arrest and detain people caught trying to enter Florida illegally and serve or execute warrants for immigration violations.

Undocumented immigrants with deportation orders who encounter Florida police, deputies and troopers will find themselves on the fast track to being deported under a renewed partnership between ICE and the state’s 67 county jails.

Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced a statewide expansion of immigration enforcement, granting all 67 county sheriffs the authority to act as federal immigration agents under the 287 (g) program. Speaking at Homestead Air Reserve Base alongside Department of Homeland Security Senior Counselor Keith Pearson,

All 67 county sheriffs in Florida have now entered into agreements with federal authorities that will lead to “street-level” immigration enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in

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