All sheriff's offices in Florida now have the ability to do street-level enforcement under an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The agreements are part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “task force model” program that DeSantis said would lead to “street-level” enforcement operations, adding that the plan calls for intensive training.

Agreements allow state law enforcement to perform immigration officer functions, including removing incarcerated criminal foreign nationals.

The program, 287(g), allows ICE to delegate authority to both state and local law enforcement to perform immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction.

Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida law enforcement to enter into additional Memoranda of Agreement for immigration enforcement.

All 67 county sheriffs in Florida have now entered into agreements with federal authorities that will lead to “street-level” immigration enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in

Ron DeSantis traveled to Homestead Wednesday to highlight agreements with the federal government, now signed by every county sheriff in Florida, allowing deputies to question people about their immigration status while conducting routine police work.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced a statewide expansion of immigration enforcement, granting all 67 county sheriffs the authority to act as federal immigration agents under the 287 (g) program.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is open to sending state personnel to Guantanamo Bay to help support President Donald Trump’s immigration efforts.

Governor Ron DeSantis travelled to the Homestead Air Reserve Base in Miami-Dade County on Wednesday evening, to address the state’s latest efforts to tackle ill

All sheriff's offices in Florida now have the ability to do street-level enforcement under an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The administrations of President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday touted their collaboration to crack down on illegal immigration, days after all of Florida’s sheriffs announced they had entered immigration law enforcement partnerships with the federal government.