Overview

• A Florida Highway Patrol operation in Brevard County and Central Florida detained 354 people over four days, according to state leaders.
• Authorities said those detained will be processed and sent to the Everglades site known as Alligator Alcatraz or other federal facilities for deportation.
• A U.S. Border Patrol official said Florida has surpassed 6,000 immigration-related arrests in the past five months and lauded the state as a key partner.
• State officials said nearly 2,000 troopers are deputized by ICE under 287(g), and Florida leads in agencies participating in those agreements.
• Immigrant advocates cite discriminatory targeting and wrongful arrests of U.S. citizens, as the state opens a second detention site at a prison east of Jacksonville.