ICE, Florida Police Arrest Nearly 800 as Part of 'Multi-Agency Immigration Enforcement Crackdown'

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Saturday the agency and state law enforcement in Florida have arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a “massive, multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown.” ICE’s office in Miami calls the “highly successful” operation “a first-of-its-kind partnership between state and federal partners.” CNN has reached out to ICE for more details about who was arrested, their legal status and the scope of the operation. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed the operation as “an example of FL and (the Department of Homeland Security) partnering to deliver big results on immigration enforcement and deportations,” according to a statement on X.

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Almost 800 illegal aliens arrested in large-scale ICE operation in Florida

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with Miami and Florida law enforcement, arrested almost 800 illegal immigrants during the first four days of Operation Tidal Wave, according to a report from Fox News. Those arrested include Jose Sanchez Reyes, a convicted murderer from Colombia, Rafael Juarex Cabrera, alleged MS-13 gang members and alleged 18th Street gang members such as Aron Isaak Morazan-Izaguirre. Savva Klishchevskii, a Russian national with an Interpol Red Notice for manslaughter, was also arrested, the Fox report said. Operation Tidal Wave is an ongoing operations.

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DHS Spox Touts ‘Major Success’ In Florida After Nabbing Nearly 800 Illegals In 4 Days

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin described the arrest records of some illegal immigrants arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of “a large-scale operation” during a Saturday evening appearance on Fox News. Federal, state and local law enforcement carried out Operation Tidal Wave in Florida, arresting nearly 800 illegal immigrants during the four-day operation, according to a post on X by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin. McLaughlin said the sweep was a “preview” of additional operations. “This was a major success, it was a large-scale operation. And to your point, this is a preview of what is to come throughout the nation,” McLaughlin said. “We have partnerships under 287(g) authorities that Secretary [of Homeland Security Kristi] Noem signed, and this empowers state and local law enforcement to actually be able to use their enforcement authority to carry out immigration enforcement.”

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