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Video of Teen’s Violent Arrest Spurs Oversight Push as Florida Deputizes Officers

Laynez’s public testimony alongside newly released footage has intensified calls for federal oversight of Florida’s expanded interior immigration operations.

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Kenny Laynez recalls being detained by ICE  in May while driving to  his landscaping job in Florida.

Overview

  • Footage captures officers using a stun gun and chokeholds while joking about bonuses and threatening to shoot detainees.
  • Laynez recorded an officer telling him, a U.S. citizen, “You got no rights here,” during a May traffic stop enforcement operation.
  • He was convicted of obstruction without violence and received 10 hours of community service along with a four-hour anger management course.
  • Under SB4-C, Florida will deputize over 1,800 local officers to conduct interior immigration arrests in partnership with CBP.
  • The two undocumented passengers from the May stop remain held at Miami’s Krome detention center pending bail decisions and hearings.