Overview
- State officials reported a cumulative total of more than 25,000 arrests since Florida expanded 287(g) immigration enforcement in early 2025.
- Florida state troopers account for over 10,000 of those arrests, according to the figures released by the governor’s office and state enforcement agencies.
- Officials highlighted multiple named operations — including Operation Tidal Wave, Sandhill Sentinel, Operation Locate, and Criminal Return — as part of the campaign.
- Operation Locate, run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, has identified or physically located more than 400 unaccompanied migrant children while also flagging cases with trafficking or safety concerns.
- The state says it now has more 287(g) task force officers than any other state, a change that increases coordinated activity with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and will keep enforcement operations ongoing; the program remains controversial because it delegates some immigration functions to local and state officers.