On Friday, Just the News posted an article that highlighted some of the great work American law enforcement is currently doing.
The article reports:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers arrested 230 foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally, many with extensive criminal histories. More than half, 150, are criminal sex offenders, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The statewide initiative, Operation Criminal Return, targets convicted sexual predators and offenders who pose significant threats to public safety.
“Through Operation Criminal Return, hundreds of the most dangerous illegal criminal aliens with horrific criminal histories, including sexual crimes against children, are off our streets and will be out of our country soon,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “Florida has been the most aggressive state in America on combating illegal immigration, and our state and local law enforcement agencies are doing more every day to be the federal government’s greatest tool in the fight to enforce immigration law.”
The article concludes:
FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) participated through an ICE 287(g) program. It’s named after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996, 8 USC 1357, Section 287(g)(1), which authorizes ICE to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration functions only under ICE’s direction and supervision. Local law enforcement officers can apply to participate in the Jail Enforcement Model (JEM), Task Force Model (TFM) and Warrant Service Officer (WSO) model, The Center Square reported.
Florida leads the U.S. with having the most 287 (g) agreements – more than 270 – as of November 13. All of Florida’s sheriff’s offices are participating, as well as dozens of colleges, police departments, state agencies, airports, county boards of commissioners and university board of trustees. More than one third of Florida sheriffs are participating in more than one program.
…In Florida, strong partnerships are vital to public safety, and our collaboration with ICE provides a model for the rest of the country as we continue to carry out the mission of President Trump and Governor DeSantis in removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from our communities,” FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass said.
In just 10 months this year, ICE has signed 1,154 Memorandums of Agreement for 287(g) programs in 40 states. They include 139 JEM agreements with law enforcement agencies in 31 states, 419 WSO agreements with law enforcement agencies in 36 states, and 596 TFM agreements with agencies in 34 states, according to data as of Nov. 13.
If the states are the individual laboratories to discover government programs that actually work, every state should be copying Florida!
