Overview
- ICE’s Miami field office has logged nearly 10,000 arrests this year, the highest total reported by any ICE region.
- At a recent meeting of the State Immigration Enforcement Council, several Republican sheriffs led by Polk County’s Grady Judd said the net is too wide and floated limited legalization for law‑abiding workers.
- Governor Ron DeSantis rejected narrowing the effort and told the council not to press the Trump administration to slow deportations.
- Spending concerns grew as lawmakers added new oversight to the Everglades detention center’s funding, which costs more than $1 million per day while $608 million in federal reimbursement remains unpaid.
- Operational strain has included detainees held in local jails beyond ICE’s three‑day guideline, with lawyers reporting “rebooking” that restarts the clock and keeps people in custody longer.