Governor Ron DeSantis announces Memorandum of Agreement between Florida and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida is proud to be one of the first states in the nation to be requested to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to execute functions of immigration enforcement within the state. Governor DeSantis directed the Florida Highway Patrol to enter into and fulfill this agreement to authorize state troopers under 287(g) to be trained and approved by ICE to perform immigration enforcement duties.
Through today’s agreement, ICE will delegate the authority to the Florida Highway Patrol to perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight. This includes identifying and removing already incarcerated criminal aliens who are eligible for removal before they are re-released into the community.
This agreement will also give the Florida Highway Patrol expanded power and authority to:
- Interrogate any suspected alien or person believed to be an alien as to their right to be in the United States. If they are found to be in violation of proper immigration status, they will be further detained and processed for State or Federal criminal offenses.
- Arrest and detain any alien attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, such as through ports of entry or via waters off of Florida’s coastline;
- Deliver detained illegal immigrants, without any unnecessary delays, for examination by immigration enforcement authorities for further screening;
- Enforce felony arrests which are cognizable under any federal law regulating the admission, exclusion, expulsion, or removal of aliens;
- Have the power to serve and execute warrants of arrest for immigration violations; and
- Be authorized to administer oaths and to take and consider evidence to complete required alien processing to include fingerprinting, photographing, and interviewing, as well as the preparation of affidavits and the taking of sworn statements for ICE supervisory review.
Today’s agreement means that state law enforcement agencies will have the power and authority to issue immigration detainers and begin establishing records of deportable or inadmissible aliens. This process of preparing charging documents ahead of time for the review of ICE officials will allow for the speed-up in the deportation process and the quicker removal of dangerous illegals already detained in police custody. Once charged, state authorities will also be empowered to maintain custody of aliens arrested pursuant to immigration laws and transport such aliens to ICE-approved detention facilities – instead of being forced to release them due to overcapacity.
Awesomeness. Will make me feel much safer getting ALL illegal ALIENS out of Florida and the USA. I don’t NOT want to pay for them either.
DLH, they are a break even to a net gain for government balance sheets. Given our native work force is growing very slowly, we need immigrants in large numbers to fuel economic growth which of course benefits us all in many metrics.
Does ASO check immigration status when arresting for driving without a valid license? Numerous cases reported daily.
Nope. ASO is too busy having bake sales to raise that $15 million they owe.
No, they are busy suing for not being promoted. Funny situation.
It s a well documented fact that immigrants – including – undocumented illegals – have lower crime rates than native Americans, so this is a waste of limited resources and stupid.
State troopers have better things to do than rounding up gardeners, ditch diggers, and cleaning ladies.
Baloney!!!! You propagate lies.
This is crazy, and Ocala job market is full of immigrants.
I know what you mean, but calling descendants of European conquistadors the “native Americans” is a little confusing to the Lakota Sioux. 🙂
The last time you attempted to “document” this fake claim, you referenced two fake, far left, radical media who never seem able to print the truth. It is NOT WELL DOCUMENTED at all and is the opposite to the truth. The subject is people in the country illegally, not the legal immigrants.
Cato Institute:
“The vast majority of research finds that immigrants do not increase local crime rates and that they are less likely to cause crime and less likely to be incarcerated than their native-born peers.3 There is less research on illegal immigrant criminality, but what research there is shows that illegal immigrants have lower incarceration rates nationwide and in the state of Texas relative to native-born Americans, although they have the same rates of re-arrest in Los Angeles County.4 Consistent with those findings, immigration enforcement programs targeting illegal immigrant criminals have no effect on local crime rates, which indicates that they are about as crime prone as other residents.”
Cato Institute – “Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations.”
Nothing about crime rate. It’s about illegal trespassers who snuck into the country or brought in by the illegal actions of the Biden Administration. You are either here legally and have proof or you are not in which case you gotta go to Gitmo.
Bear, state troopers are engaged in serious criminal law enforcement, a better use of their time then rounding up gardeners, ditch diggers, and cleaning ladies.
Yes they are quite qualified in doing all types of criminal enforcement. They do v a great job on the interstates stopping the cartel drug flow as well as the human trafficking. They have made several stops in our area of illegal trespassers too. Keep up the good work FHP.
Our auto insurance are falling already, thanks Gov. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Once illegal immigrants leave, all those homeless people will have jobs and they do not have to beg for money at every single signal lights.
That is laughable 🤣🤣🤣🤣 them people don’t want jobs. They make more money suckering people like you into giving it to them for nothing. Then they go around the block and buy their next crack rock with it. How about the ones that are here illegal but work and have committed no crimes other than coming to this country, we make them legal and get rid of our violent offenders, murderers, rapists and child molesters, to make room for them.
@America will fall to it’s knees without immigrants, legal or not – I think the bigger issue here is welfare. If government cuts down on Medicaid and food stamps , those people will work.