Florida's Immigration Enforcement Blueprint: Operation 'Title Wave' Explained

Operation Title Wave and State Enforcement

• 🌊 Operation Title Wave is a new immigration enforcement initiative in South Florida, serving as a blueprint for the rest of the country.
• 🏛️ Florida's Attorney General has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of 287g agreements, arguing the city of South Miami lacks standing.
• 👮 Local police departments are signing agreements to assist federal immigration agents in detaining undocumented individuals.

Deputization and Federal Oversight

• 🇺🇸 Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers have been sworn in as special deputy US Marshals.
• ⚡ This deputization empowers state troopers to execute federal warrants and remove undocumented individuals without direct federal oversight.
• ⚖️ While immigration is federally governed, a statute enables the deputization of state and local law enforcement to assist in identifying, apprehending, and detaining individuals.

Florida's Immigration Enforcement Plan

• 🗺️ The state has developed a 37-page operational blueprint outlining its approach to immigration enforcement.
• 🤝 Florida law enforcement has been embedded with federal partners in Miami since mid-February to analyze problems and develop solutions.
• 💡 The blueprint includes recommendations to exponentially increase the effectiveness of mass deportation missions.

Logistics and Detention

• 🚚 Florida's Department of Emergency Management, experienced in managing large-scale events like hurricanes and COVID-19 responses, is assisting with migrant logistics.
• 🏠 The state is studying options for new detention facilities, including converting existing structures or building new ones, with federal partners leading the effort.

Focus on Final Orders of Removal

• 🎯 Larry Keefe's primary mission is to support federal partners in finding, sorting, detaining, and deporting illegal aliens in Florida.
• 👤 There are approximately 70,000 illegal aliens in Florida with final orders of removal who are the immediate focus of this operation.