{"id":2428797,"date":"2025-04-29T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-highlights-operation-tidal-wave-and-deporting-illegal-immigrants-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:24:29","slug":"desantis-highlights-operation-tidal-wave-and-deporting-illegal-immigrants-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-highlights-operation-tidal-wave-and-deporting-illegal-immigrants-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis highlights \u2018Operation Tidal Wave\u2019 and deporting illegal immigrants in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-highlights-operation-tidal-wave-and-deporting-illegal-immigrants-in-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2428797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised the Trump administration for its collaboration with florida authorities in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-no-enforcement-sheriff-blasts-biden-for-dismantling-ice\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be No Enforcement\u2019: Sheriff Blasts Biden For \u2018Dismantling\u2019 ...\">deporting illegal immigrants<\/a> through &#8220;Operation Tidal Wave.&#8221; This operation, conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along with state law enforcement, successfully detained nearly 800 undocumented individuals in just a few days. DeSantis emphasized the importance of this joint effort, especially in contrast to the lack of assistance received when President Biden was in office. he reiterated the need for local agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-move-to-help-trump-enforce-immigration-laws\/\" title=\"Red States Move To Help Trump Enforce ... Laws\">support federal immigration enforcement<\/a> and mentioned that he had faced opposition in the state&#8217;s legislature when trying to formalize this cooperation. Nevertheless, he believes that similar initiatives by other Republican-led states could significantly enhance the effectiveness of ICE operations. As part of ongoing enforcement strategies, the Department of Homeland Security has also initiated campaigns to inform illegal immigrants about the potential consequences of remaining in the U.S. without documentation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DeSantis highlights &lsquo;Operation Tidal Wave&rsquo; and deporting illegal immigrants in Florida<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2109599\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) expressed gratitude to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> for working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> to deport illegal immigrants in the state, which has led to a &ldquo;first of its kind joint operation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> announced over the weekend that almost 800 illegal immigrants had been detained within Florida, made possible through cooperation with the state&rsquo;s law enforcement under the name &ldquo;Operation Tidal Wave.&rdquo; The governor said President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> opposition to illegal immigration made a &ldquo;world of difference&rdquo; after Florida received no help on this matter under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3394887\/democrats-trump-100-days-pr-blitz\/\">Democrats gear up for anti-Trump PR blitz to mark president&#8217;s first 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3394764\/fbi-polygraphs-trump-administration-leak-investigations\/\">FBI is the latest agency to deploy polygraph testing in leak investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394835\/musk-doge-trump-first-100-days\/\">DOGE dwindles after Trump&#8217;s first 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;However, we have a lot of millions and millions of people who shouldn&rsquo;t be here!&rdquo; DeSantis said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;Many of them let in intentionally under Biden, and so Operation Tidal Wave is the first of its kind joint operation where the feds are leading, but all of our state agencies and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">relevant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump p...ges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> agencies<\/a> are assisting. So it&rsquo;s been a huge force multiplier. That operation is ongoing. I think that number is going to be higher when they update it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2910466&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8cde002e137b9c61ef8098a33080a19f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis explained that after Trump won the 2024 election, he called a special session in Florida&rsquo;s legislature to require all local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. DeSantis said he faced opposition from Florida&rsquo;s House of Representatives but that &ldquo;fortunately,&rdquo; the state&rsquo;s residents voiced their support and helped pave the way for Florida to work with Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a first-of-its-kind partnership between state and federal partners, ICE Miami and Florida law enforcement arrested nearly 800 illegal aliens this week during the first four days of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OperationTidalWave?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OperationTidalWave<\/a> &mdash; a massive, multi-agency, immigration enforcement crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#128161;Learn how&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbH3j4OJU9\">pic.twitter.com\/LbH3j4OJU9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICEgov\/status\/1916149859217719528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis argued that after four years of ICE being &ldquo;gutted&rdquo; by the previous administration, the agency needs to be rebuilt and local and state involvement in ICE&rsquo;s operations is &ldquo;absolutely essential.&rdquo; He added that if Republican-led states took the same steps as Florida, it would provide an &ldquo;amazing force multiplier&rdquo; for ICE.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3392566\/florida-lawmakers-considering-property-tax-ballot-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FLORIDA LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING PROPERTY TAX BALLOT INITIATIVES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Trump&rsquo;s 100th day in office, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller expressed confidence that the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394047\/white-house-trump-deportations-one-million-illegal-immigrants-end-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">would achieve a million deportations<\/a> of illegal immigrants before the end of the year. Border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a> reported that 139,000 illegal immigrants have been deported since Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> debuted a pair of ads warning illegal immigrants of the consequences they face if they do not deport themselves from the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3386788\/dhs-debuts-ads-illegal-immigrants-next-deported\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Both ads featured illegal immigrants the U.S. government has deported since Jan. 20<\/a> and urged illegal immigrants to use Customs and Border Protection&rsquo;s CBP Home app to notify the government of plans to leave the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2109599\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2109599\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeSantis praises &#8216;Operation Tidal Wave&#8217; for deporting illegal immigrants in Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2428798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Desantis-on-illegal-immigrants-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4980,5113,33009,54291],"class_list":["post-2428797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-desantis","tag-florida","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-operation-tidal-wave"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Desantis-on-illegal-immigrants-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428801,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428797\/revisions\/2428801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}