{"id":2456033,"date":"2025-07-06T06:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-cozies-up-to-trump-as-leading-partner-in-immigration-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T06:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:50:56","slug":"florida-cozies-up-to-trump-as-leading-partner-in-immigration-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-cozies-up-to-trump-as-leading-partner-in-immigration-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida cozies up to Trump as leading partner in immigration crackdown"},"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%2Fflorida-cozies-up-to-trump-as-leading-partner-in-immigration-crackdown%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=2456033&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>The article discusses Florida&#8217;s significant role in supporting the Trump management&#8217;s immigration enforcement efforts,specifically in relation to illegal immigration and deportation operations. under Governor Ron DeSantis,Florida has enacted some of the toughest immigration laws in the country. Shortly after President Trump took office,the Florida legislature passed a series of laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration,including requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with federal agencies like ICE and establishing a State Board of Immigration Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Governor DeSantis emphasized Florida&#8217;s proactive stance, stating that many states remain inactive while Florida takes the initiative to partner with the federal goverment on immigration issues.This partnership includes ample funding for local police to aid in arrests and deportations, and also the construction of state-managed detention facilities for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal immigrants pending court hearings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis and Trump both praised Florida for its leadership in this area, with Trump expressing gratitude for the partnership between state and federal authorities. The article notes that Florida accounts for a significant portion of federal-state immigration law enforcement collaborations and suggests that other states may soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-mandates-vaccine-or-testing-for-state-employees-health-care-workers\/\" title=\"California Mandates Vaccine Or Testing For ... Employees, Health Care Workers\">adopt similar measures<\/a> to support immigration enforcement efforts.  <\/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\">Florida leads states in carrying out Trump&rsquo;s immigration mission<\/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_2165373\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> is proving to be a leading ally of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> as the federal government expands its illegal immigrant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deportation<\/a> operation.<\/p>\n<p>The state, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), immediately took action in the first weeks of the Trump administration to put in place laws that would crack down on illegal immigration, and it has also made big moves in recent weeks to spur on those federal efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3463639\/trump-administration-deports-eight-criminal-migrants-to-south-sudan\/\">Trump administration deports eight criminal migrants to South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3463531\/us-expands-militarized-zones-southern-border\/\">US expands militarized zones to 1\/3 of southern border, stirring controversy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3462988\/mexican-boxer-arrested-ice-deported-fight-jake-paul\/\">Mexican boxer arrested by ICE to be deported days after fight with Jake Paul<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Most states are doing nothing. &hellip; We&rsquo;re one of the few states that&rsquo;s &mdash; we may even be the only state that&rsquo;s &mdash; really full throttle, saying, &lsquo;You know, we&rsquo;re not going to solve this problem unless we are part of the team,&#8217;&rdquo; DeSantis said during remarks at the &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First ... Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Off...\">immigrant detention facility<\/a> in the Everglades on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This week, President Donald Trump visited the first state-constructed immigrant detention facility, and he validated DeSantis&rsquo;s efforts, adding that Florida was leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to express my tremendous thanks to the state of Florida for embracing this opportunity and being a true partner,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve worked so well with the federal government. It&rsquo;s been a just a beautiful, beautiful partnership. Ron, I&rsquo;d like to thank you personally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Immigration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3318592\/border-patrol-ride-along-texas-no-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shifted<\/a> from being a border matter in the Biden era to being increasingly focused on interior enforcement during the Trump era. It means states that step up to help with detention and deportations will become the biggest allies to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has stepped up to facilitate interior enforcement in ways that no other state has, but others may soon follow suit.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Florida goes all-in<\/h2>\n<p>Less than a month after Trump took office, the Florida legislature passed and DeSantis signed into law a package of bills that signified the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in state history. The laws were meant to supplement the Trump administration&rsquo;s promised &ldquo;largest-ever&rdquo; deportation operation.<\/p>\n<p>The state created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement and required local police to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to turn over illegal immigrants to federal authorities. Florida repealed a law that allowed illegal immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at state schools and made it illegal for someone without legal immigration status to enter the state from another state.<\/p>\n<p>It also included nearly $300 million to train and outfit local police to help ICE arrest illegal immigrants. Officers who help ICE will even get bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>Local police at sheriff&rsquo;s departments were deputized under what are known as federal 287(g) agreements to carry out federal immigration laws, including alerting ICE if they encounter an illegal immigrant during a traffic stop, detaining illegal immigrants on the federal government&rsquo;s behalf, and transferring them to federal custody.<\/p>\n<p>Florida now accounts for 60% of all federal-state 287(g) partnerships, DeSantis announced last week.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, ICE oversees the standing up of those facilities, but the federal agency has struggled to find adequate bed space to detain as many illegal immigrants as ICE is arresting nationwide and hold on to them as they go through deportation proceedings in court.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the Department of Homeland Security directly contacted state officials about using a quiet, remote airstrip to put up a soft-sided series of structures in which ICE detainees could be held pending court hearings. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Tuesday that Florida officials were happy to help.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason why it&rsquo;s needed is because a lot of our jails in Florida are full,&rdquo; Donalds said. &ldquo;Our sheriffs have been doing a great job answering the call given to them by the governor to go out and really arrest criminal illegals and begin the transportation of them to ICE. ICE is still waiting for the resources they need from Congress. &hellip; A facility like this helps to fill the gap so we can continue the mission of, No. 1, keeping Florida safe, but No. 2, addressing the mandate given to the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis added that there was &ldquo;no reason&rdquo; other states could not do the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If only the red states did this, they would be able to expand their capacity by tens of thousands, maybe 50, 100,000 in a given day,&rdquo; DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other states lend a hand<\/h2>\n<p>During the Biden administration, Texas was the most vocal state on border and immigration matters. The difference is that it was not a partner to Washington but an enemy that lamented how former President Joe Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas didn&rsquo;t address the crisis at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the Trump administration, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3326093\/texas-national-guard-stand-ready-arrest-deport-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">offered<\/a> state National Guard soldiers to be deputized as federal immigration agents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3336353\/greg-abbott-border-buoys-pay-off-nearly-sank-under-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">offered<\/a> its stretch of buoy barrier floating in the Rio Grande as an asset to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3312636\/greg-abbott-offers-4000-beds-detain-immigrants-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">offered<\/a> the Trump administration access to 4,000 vacant prison beds across Texas for the federal government&rsquo;s detention of illegal immigrants in custody, but nothing came of it.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3311719\/oklahoma-moves-turn-over-criminal-immigrants-prisons-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">suggested<\/a> before Trump took office to turn over 500 imprisoned illegal immigrants in state prisons to ICE officers.<\/p>\n<p>Some states have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3327921\/red-states-crack-down-sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">passed<\/a> laws banning sanctuary cities, while others, like Tennessee, have passed legislation that would allow criminal charges to be brought against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-will-visit-texas-on-friday-following-deep-freeze-that-left-millions-without-power\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Will Visit Texas On Friday Following Deep Freeze That Left Millions Without Power\">local elected officials<\/a> who vote to keep sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3461176\/trump-approval-desantis-using-national-guard-immigration-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP&rsquo;S APPROVAL OF USING NATIONAL GUARD AS IMMIGRATION JUDGES FACES BLOWBACK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has called on other states to follow Florida&rsquo;s example and contact the Trump administration about finding space to erect their own ICE facilities to help speed up arrests and deportations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This facility is exactly what I want every single governor in this country to begin doing with us,&rdquo; Noem said in the Everglades on Tuesday. &ldquo;Thank you to Gov. DeSantis for stepping up and being an example to other governors. I hope my phone rings off the hook from governors calling and saying, &lsquo;How can we do what Florida just did?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2165373\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2165373\"}});<\/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>Florida is a key supporter of Trump&#8217;s immigration agenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2456034,"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\/07\/trump-desantis.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5113,3813,3634],"class_list":["post-2456033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-florida","tag-immigration","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-desantis.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456033","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\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456037,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456033\/revisions\/2456037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}