ICE raids

The pastor at a St Petersburg church whose congregation includes immigrants and minorities is calling out law enforcement officers who showed up in force at his carpark after he had protested against their partnership with ICE. He invoiced them $10k and said he is considering legal action.

The program comes days after LA activists were revealed to use doxxing as part of protests in California.

South Florida's Cuban-American community supports President Trump, but some members are uneasy with his immigration policies. "I'm not for deporting people without criminal records."

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

An ICE spokesperson acknowledged the structure, after South Florida U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilsont said she saw a “tent city” at the Krome North Service Processing Center during her visit last week.

The operation began Monday and targeted immigrants living in the country illegally with final deportation orders, according to an ICE official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. The officers picked up more than 275 migrants with final removal orders, the data showed.

News reports of noncitizens being unexpectedly detained have dominated headlines recently. Those being detained include noncitizens who hold lawful permanent residency status.

The little-known 2021 settlement was meant to shield some undocumented immigrants in county jails from being handed over to federal authorities if they were victims or witnesses of a crime. Getting the county to abide is more pressing now that the conditions at the Krome Detention Center are attracting widespread scrutiny — including from county Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

Ninety-seven of the 140 law enforcement agencies that have signed 287(g) agreements with ICE are in Florida. The Florida Roundup discusses the collaboration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in assisting in detentions and deportations.

All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

South Florida school districts are responding to federal policy changes that would allow federal immigration officers to conduct searches and arrests on school grounds after a directive issued last week removed restrictions that prevented raids in schools.