During the night of Sunday, April 27, the United States Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEfor its acronym in English) announced that “the state agency and forces in Florida” arrested 800 undocumented migrants In two days, as part of its control operation called “Seaquake”
ICE’s office in the city of Miami He described the operation as “extremely successful” and highlighted the “Pioneer Association” among the partners state and federalconsidering that the administration of the President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice have faced inconveniences with officials who refuse to cooperate.
Given this situation, the governor of the so -called sunny state, Ron desantishe said that Florida was an example for the other states of the American nation, which “should learn to associate with the Department of National Security to obtain great results in the application of the immigration law and deportations.”
“Florida leads the country in cooperation with Donald Trump’s government in terms of Migratory control and operations of deportation! “Desantis wrote on social networks, referring to the processes that the administration of the Republican president promotes against several officials accused of hinder ICE’s work.
ICE 287 (g) program
Since February, Governor Ron Desantis and other Republican leaders of Florida have pressed the local officials of the State to sign various agreements under the Program 287 (G) of ICE, warning them that state law allows deportation of officials who refuse to cooperate with immigration initiatives.
According to the Immigration and Customs Control Service, Program 287 (G) allows state and local agencies to collaborate with ICE in the application of immigration laws, granting them “delegated authority, training and technological resources to be able to identify and process all removable foreigners”
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By April 28, 2025, Florida state agencies that had signed collaboration agreements with ICE were the following: the Highway Patrol, the law compliance department, the State Guardthe Department of Agricultural Law and the Fishing and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Also, more than 200 agencies Police state, of county and municipal In Florida they have also signed collaboration agreements with ICE, which is why local authorities have received training from the Customs Immigration and Control Service to collaborate in the application of the Migration Law in the US.
The pressure exerted by Republican leaders in Florida has reached the point where several Universities The State has announced that the police of their campus also signed agreements with ICE, which has generated fear among international students, who, despite having a student visa, have faced migratory problems.
“The State forces us to take certain measures and, if we do not, threaten us with Criminal sanctions. Approve this is painful For everyone. We are all immigrants, we all have families that come from different places where there is great suffering, “added the municipal prosecutor Lorenzo Cobiella during an interview with CNN.