Dozens of undocumented immigrants have been detained in Florida in recent days as part of operations ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump against illegal immigration
- Dozens of undocumented immigrants have been detained in Florida in recent days as part of operations ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump against illegal immigration
- Raids in Several Treasure Coast Counties Leave Multiple Detainees
- These Raids Have Sparked Both Support and Opposition from the Community
Dozens of undocumented immigrants have been detained in Florida in recent days. Among them, a member of the transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua. As part of operations ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump against illegal immigration, federal immigration authorities reported Monday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that between January 27 and 28, agents from the agency conducted raids in Palm Beach County.
The operations resulted in the arrest of 32 individuals from Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
Many of these “illegal aliens” have criminal records that include drug possession, theft, prostitution, illegal reentry, resisting an officer, probation violation, fraud, among others.
All of them are currently detained pending deportation or a hearing before an immigration judge, ICE added.
Raids in Several Treasure Coast Counties Leave Multiple Detainees
Meanwhile, in Indian River County, according to the IRSO, Operation Stonegarden, which began in 2016, resulted in eight people arrested on state charges and two dozen detained by ICE for investigation.
One of the detainees had been deported four times, another had prior charges for sexual offenses, another had been released from jail on bail, and another had charges for the criminal use of personal identification information.
Additionally, the Florida Highway Patrol reported Monday on its X account about a joint operation with federal agents in Tallahassee that ended with the detention of “alleged members of Tren de Aragua” on suspicion of conspiracy to smuggle weapons, gang affiliation, and illegal entry into the U.S.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis noted days earlier that he signed an agreement for the state Highway Patrol to provide support in immigration operations carried out by the federal Department of Homeland Security.
These Raids Have Sparked Both Support and Opposition from the Community
Although the various protests held in West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, and Vero Beach proceeded peacefully, local authorities’ support and the good behavior of attendees who demonstrated peacefully were highlighted.
Some attendees stated that in Fort Pierce, a person who was not part of the peaceful protests crashed their car into a patrol vehicle monitoring the demonstrations. They urged that this incident not distract from or cast a negative light on a community that was peacefully expressing its disagreement with the situation many Latinos are currently facing.
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