Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested nearly 800 illegal immigrantsafter launching a statewide crackdown in Florida.
Operation Tidal Wave - a joint effort by ICE agents, Homeland Security and locallaw enforcement - resulted in officers arresting 780 migrants.
As part of the massive sweep, 275 people were arrested with final orders of removal, meaning a court has mandated that they leave the country already.
One of those busted was Jose Sanchez Reyes, a Colombian immigrant who entered the US illegally after being convicted of homicide in his home nation, according to Fox.
Rafael Juarex Cabrera, a Guatemalan immigrant and alleged MS-13 member, was also caught. He had illegally reentered the US three times, officials said.
Russian immigrant Savva Klishchevskii was also detained for an Interpol Red Notice out of Russia for vehicular manslaughter.
Officials said Honduran Aron Isaak Morazan-Izaguirre was taken in. He is a suspected member of the 18th Street Gang and had illegally re-entered the US twice.
ICE had used their 287(g) authority which allows for state and local law enforcement to be deputized and to arrest those in the US illegally.
In a joint effort by ICE agents and Florida law enforcement, the four day crackdown, dubbed Operation Tidal Wave, officers arrested 780 migrants
As part of that, 275 people were arrested with final orders of removal, meaning they can be removed from the US in short order
The Trump administration has sought to bring in local authorities to help in their immigration operations to speed up deportations.
'This is one of the first large-scale missions we've done like this ever,'ICE director Todd Lyons toldABC News.
'We brought a "whole the government"approach with cooperative jurisdictions that want to help ICE secure communities in neighborhoods and remove public safety threats from our neighborhoods.'
Officials also told the outlet that they would be using the 287(g) type operation across the country.
Officials in government have also started turning to warning undocumented immigrants to leave the US.
In a statement on Monday, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said: 'President Trump and I have a clear message to those in our country illegally: LEAVE NOW.
'If you do not self-deport, we will hunt you down, arrest you and deport you.'
The widespread arrests come after two judges were arrested this week for allegedly hiding immigrants from ICE officers.
Kristi Noem speaks as prisoners look out from a cell during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 26, 2025
ICE had used their 287(g) authority which allows for state and local law enforcement to be deputized and to arrest those in the US illegally
The Trump administration has sought to bring in local authorities to help in their immigration operations to speed up deportations
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has been accused of obstructing the arrest of Eduardo Flores Ruiz, 30, on April 18.
Flores-Ruiz, who is from Mexico, had been charged with battery for allegedly punching someone 30 times in the face after they complained about his loud music.
When ICE agents showed up to arrest him in court, Dugan, the government claims, hid him.
She was taken into custody Friday at the Milwaukee County Courthouse according to the US Marshals Service.
Dugan appeared briefly in federal court in Milwaukee later Friday before being released from custody.
She faces charges of 'concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest' and obstructing or impeding a proceeding.
County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of obstructing the arrest of Eduardo Flores Ruiz, 30, on April 1
Cano, a Democrat who served as a judge since 2011, resigned last month after Ortega-Lopez was detained in February after a separate raid on the home
Her attorney Craig Mastantuono said: 'Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety.'
FormerDoña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested on Thursday after a raid on their home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
They are facing charges of evidence tampering after they were allegedly caught harboring an illegal immigrant, named as suspected Venezuelan gang member Christhian Ortega-Lopez, in their home.
Prosecutors say the alleged Venezuelan gangster had been living with the judge and his family and often posted images with them on his social media.
Prosecutors say Ortega-Lopez entered the US illegally from Mexico in December 2023 and met Cano's wife Nancy when he was hired to install a glass door for her.
In shocking images that emerged this week, Ortega-Lopez was seen enjoying Christmas with the couple as the judge and his wife posed with firearms.
The arrest of Cano and his wife follows the detainment of Ortega-Lopez in February after a separate raid on the home, which led the judge to resign from his position.
