ICE Miami and 287(g) law enforcement partners arrested over 400 criminal aliens during a weeklong enforcement operation in Central Florida targeting individuals with criminal histories including murder, human trafficking, and sexual assault.
ICE arrested Dimitri Vorbe, a Haitian national living illegally in the United States, due to his involvement in gang violence and activities that destabilized Haiti. The arrest was conducted jointly by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations.
ICE arrested Phillip Harkins, a convicted murderer from Scotland, upon his release from prison after serving a 25-year sentence for killing a U.S. citizen during a 1999 drug deal. The agency plans to remove him following an immigration judge's 2002 removal order.
An ICE Homeland Security Task Force in Orlando arrested Guillermo Perez Alzate, a confessed murderer and criminal alien from Colombia wanted for involvement in 29 murders and who served as a former paramilitary leader of a transnational criminal organization.
An illegal immigrant truck driver who caused a crash that killed three people on Florida's Turnpike had failed English proficiency and road sign identification tests required for a commercial driver's license, according to DOT records.
A Nicaraguan man in the U.S. illegally is facing enhanced charges after a drunken hit-and-run in Florida. Under state law signed by Gov. DeSantis, being in the country illegally is an enhancing factor for criminal charges.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Pierre Reginald Boulos, a lawful permanent resident and citizen of Haiti, for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by contributing to the destabilization of Haiti.
Key West City Commissioners voted 4-2 to reinstate their 287(g) agreement with ICE, reversing a prior 6-1 vote that had terminated the deal. The reversal came after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned the city of potential legal consequences.
Orly Moises Garcia Hernandez, 34, a Honduran national, was charged with illegally entering Naval Air Station Pensacola after crashing into a barricade at a checkpoint gate and fleeing from military forces onto the base.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 100 illegal aliens during a targeted enforcement operation at construction sites in Tallahassee during a joint agency operation. The multiagency effort involved ICE Homeland Security Investigations and several federal and state partners.
