{"id":2470275,"date":"2025-08-03T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-florida-has-arrested-nearly-3000-migrants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:18:52","slug":"desantis-florida-has-arrested-nearly-3000-migrants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-florida-has-arrested-nearly-3000-migrants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis: Florida has arrested nearly 3,000 migrants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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-florida-has-arrested-nearly-3000-migrants-washington-examiner%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=2470275&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>Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced that state law enforcement has apprehended nearly 3,000 migrants, with 500 having criminal records. About 600 migrants have been processed through a detention facility in the Everglades known as &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz,&#8221; which has faced protests over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged human rights violations<\/a>. The Florida highway Patrol is establishing a new immigration enforcement unit, and many officers have been trained under the 287(g) program, allowing them to carry out immigration duties in cooperation with federal authorities. Additionally, some troopers have been deputized as U.S. marshals. DeSantis emphasized Florida&#8217;s leading role in immigration enforcement, highlighting collaboration between state, local, and federal agencies, including efforts like Operation Tidal Wave, which led to over 1,100 arrests. The 287(g) program permits local law enforcement to assist ICE under federal supervision in enforcing immigration laws.  <\/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: Florida has arrested nearly 3,000 migrants<\/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_2195435\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ron-DeSantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> said on Friday that state law enforcement officers &ldquo;have apprehended almost 3,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal aliens<\/a>,&rdquo; with 500 of them having criminal records.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also said at a news conference in Orlando that 600 of them have been processed through the detention facility known as &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rdquo; in the Everglades. The prison has drawn protests from Democrats&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bynum.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/bynum-and-frost-lead-dems-demanding-closure-alligator-alcatraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerned<\/a>&nbsp;with what they term &ldquo;human rights violations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3489723\/pritzker-signs-124-bill-impacting-chicago-pensions-ai-buses-bicycles\/\">Pritzker signs 124 bill impacting Chicago pensions, AI, buses, bicycles and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489690\/larry-summers-trump-way-beyond-nixon-firing-bls-commissioner\/\">Ex-Obama adviser says Trump &#8216;way beyond&#8217; Nixon after firing BLS commissioner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3489672\/trump-charlamagne-traditional-conservatives-epstein-files\/\">Trump blasts Charlamagne tha God who said &#8216;traditional conservatives&#8217; could take back GOP over Epstein fallout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Highway Patrol will also create a new immigration enforcement section within the Bureau of Criminal Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson said his law enforcement branch is building a new interdiction station on U.S. 231 at the Alabama-Florida border. He said his agency&rsquo;s law enforcement officers are acting as a &ldquo;force multiplier&rdquo; for local and federal partners involved in immigration enforcement efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to DeSantis, 1,800 Florida Highway Patrol officers as of Friday have received their training and credentials as immigration officers under the 287(g) agreement with&nbsp;U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The second-term GOP governor also said&nbsp;that 100 troopers have been deputized as U.S. marshals, allowing them to carry out federal search warrants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said he has even considered adding Camp Blanding, the Florida National Guard&rsquo;s primary training facility in north-central Florida, as a possible site to detain people illegally in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential candidate said that all 67 of Florida&rsquo;s county sheriffs&rsquo; offices are also participating in the 287(g) program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no other state in the country that can match our efforts,&rdquo; DeSantis said. &ldquo;In fact, there&rsquo;s no other state that is even in the ballpark of our efforts. I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;ve seen any state in the country work more closely with these federal agencies to fulfill a very key mission, a mandate from the American people after the 2024 election, to get this job done. So we&rsquo;re showing that it can be done.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we can sit on our hands and watch the problems not get solved, or we can be part of the solution and help lead the efforts among the states to get the job done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis cited Operation Tidal Wave as one example of how cooperation between state, local and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-mounts-that-capitol-breach-was-pre-planned-eroding-incitement-allegation-in-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial\">federal law enforcement agencies<\/a> is helping enforce the nation&rsquo;s immigration laws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Operation Tidal Wave was executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">local law enforcement agencies<\/a> in south Florida in April&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_dafbb5f1-2327-427b-bbb8-c010700061c0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that arrested 1,120 people<\/a>&nbsp;suspected of illegally entering the country, the most in the agency&rsquo;s history in one state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 287(g) program is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1357&amp;num=0&amp;edition=prelim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">named after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996<\/a>, 8 USC 1357, Section 287(g)(1), which authorizes ICE to delegate to state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"... celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">local law enforcement officers<\/a> the authority to perform specified immigration functions only under ICE&rsquo;s direction and supervision.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483847\/ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani-defund-nyc-police-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DESANTIS LAMBASTS MAMDANI&rsquo;S PAST CALLS TO DEFUND NYC POLICE AS &lsquo;ASININE&rsquo; POLICY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sworn state and local law enforcement officers have the ability under the 287(g) program to interrogate any suspects on immigration status. If they&rsquo;re in violation of the country&rsquo;s immigration laws, they can be further detained and processed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everglades Alcatraz&rdquo; is located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport owned by Miami-Dade County and is located roughly 60 miles east of Miami near Everglades National Park. It has a capacity to handle up to 1,000.<\/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_2195435\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2195435\"}});<\/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: Florida has arrested nearly 3,000 migrants, 600 processed at Everglades facility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2470276,"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\/01\/florida-special-session-jan-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4283,4980,5113,5371],"class_list":["post-2470275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrests","tag-desantis","tag-florida","tag-migrants"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/florida-special-session-jan-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470275","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470279,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470275\/revisions\/2470279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}