Florida ICE Sweep Arrests 500, Including Murder Suspects

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "The continued success of these weeklong operations is a testament to the power of unity and our shared commitment to community safety," said Matthew Elliston, of Enforcement and Removals Operations (ERO) for ICE.
57% : All 67 county sheriffs and their agencies partner with ICE, along with multiple state law enforcement agencies.
55% : From Aug. 24 through Aug. 27, ICE agents worked alongside personnel from agencies including the Florida Highway Patrol, Lee County Sheriff's Office, Florida National Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
52% : He is being held without bond at the Lee County Jail and has an ICE detainer.
50% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement joined more than five federal, state and local agencies in a weeklong immigration-enforcement operation across Southwest Florida, resulting in 500 arrests.
49% : "Those who choose to knowingly flaunt this nation's immigration laws will face the consequences, and they will be provided a one-way ticket home." Florida has more deputizations to assist in federal immigration enforcement than any other state, according to ICE.
41% : " ICE said Castro took a trooper's Taser during the confrontation and attempted to use it against the officer.
36% : According to ICE, those arrested included a Haitian national charged with murder; a Honduran national accused of molesting children; a suspected Mexican cartel member; a Guatemalan man accused of trying to use a Taser against an officer; and others facing allegations or convictions involving battery, DUI, hit-and-run incidents, domestic violence, illegal drug possession, driving without a license, resisting arrest and repeated unlawful reentry into the United States after deportation.
34% : " Rigoberto Vargas-Resendiz, a 52-year-old "criminal illegal alien from Mexico," also was among those arrested, ICE said.
34% : An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on May 26, 2011. Also arrested was Daren Ruiz-Mejia, 37, a "criminal illegal alien from Venezuela," according to ICE.
34% : " Melchor Perez-Garcia, 31, "is a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who was arrested in the operation, according to ICE.
34% : " Officers also caught Samuel Mateo-Francisco, 33, "a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who "illegally reentered the United States without inspection on three separate occasions," including on Oct. 31, 2023, according to ICE.
33% : Officers also arrested Marlon Rolando Calderon-Castellon, 43, whom ICE described as "a criminal illegal alien from Honduras."
33% : Carlos Humberto Monzon-Cabrera, 53, is "a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala," who was arrested during the operation, according to ICE.
33% : " Hermenegildo Andres-Juan, 52, is a "criminal illegal alien from Guatemala," who was brought in during the surge, according to ICE.
31% : ICE described him as "a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala who illegally entered the United States.
31% : The Southwest Florida operation also resulted in the arrest of Olmen Noel Vargas-Mendoza, 40, whom ICE identified as "a criminal illegal alien from Honduras."
24% : Captured: Suspected Mexican cartel member, alleged Honduran child molester At another point in the operation, ICE agents and Florida Highway Patrol troopers jointly arrested a suspected Mexican cartel member and a Honduran national accused of molesting two children, ICE said.
17% : " -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Also arrested was Armando Coc-Yat, 39, a "criminal illegal alien from Guatemala," who entered the United States illegally without inspection on Dec. 4, 2018, according to ICE.

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