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EXCLUSIVE — Florida state troopers have arrested 6,200 illegal immigrants off the streets and turned them over to federal immigration authorities for deportation proceedings, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Florida Highway Patrol officers have arrested thousands across the state since Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) directed state and local police to assist Department of Homeland Security agencies, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles spokesman Gatlin Nennstiel told the Washington Examiner in an email on Friday.
The figure puts the state at the forefront of red state efforts to help the Trump administration carry out its nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration.
“The state of Florida is leading. We’re showing what can be done when you work collaboratively with the federal government on an issue that’s very, very important to so many people,” DeSantis said in a video message posted to X Thursday.
The governor’s statement followed an announcement from ICE of the arrests of 150 illegal immigrants in Florida who are known sex offenders.
Operation Criminal Return has successfully removed 230 criminal aliens — many of whom were sexual predators — off the streets.
The joint operation between FDLE and ICE demonstrates the positive results of our state-federal collaboration on interior
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