US EditionDeSantis Highlights Florida Immigration Enforcement, Addresses Orange County Mayor in Orlando Remarks
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUG 1 – DeSantis urged Florida sheriffs to retain officers amid ICE's recruitment offering $50,000 signing bonuses as part of a $170.7 billion border security expansion plan.
- On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Orlando at Florida Highway Patrol Troop D headquarters, lauding the FHP’s role in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort and announcing a new Immigration Enforcement Section.
- ICE recently sent recruitment letters to Floridians working in state agencies, dangling like a lot of bonus money, DeSantis said at Orlando headquarters.
- Data shows almost 3,000 arrests by Florida Highway Patrol this year as DeSantis backs a new strike team, with officials saying, `You need public safety, and if you don't have it, it's not gonna work. It's good policy, required policy in the state of Florida.`
- Sheriffs are losing deputies to ICE’s recruitment, effectively just "wearing a different jersey," so DeSantis urged sheriffs to defend their agencies and fight for what they think is right.
- Federal funding of $170.7 billion under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is projected to expand ICE from 20,000 to 30,000 employees over five years through the 287 program.
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DeSantis Sours on ICE Poaching Local Police with $50,000 Bonuses
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday encouraged sheriffs and police chiefs to fight to keep staff members as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to recruit Florida officers who recently completed immigration-enforcement training. DeSantis said he had not seen an ICE recruitment letter that offers a $50,000 signing bonus to recruits who work five years, but he questioned the need to “poach our people who are already in the fight.” The post DeSa…
DeSantis, some sheriffs not entirely flattered by ICE recruiting local officers
Officers including Florida state troopers questioned and detained contractors working on apartment buildings in Tallahassee, May 29, 2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)Gov. Ron DeSantis is questioning the federal government’s recruitment of Florida’s local and state police who are focused on enforcing immigration laws. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been recruiting officers with specialized training to work for the fed…
DeSantis to ICE: Don't 'Poach' Florida Officers
In support of state law enforcement officials who are encouraging Immigration and Customs Enforcement to seek new employees from among people who aren't already assisting in President Donald Trump's mass deportation effort, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out on Friday.
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kboi.comDeSantis to ICE: Don’t ‘Poach’ Florida Officers
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday supported state law enforcement officials who are encouraging Immigration and Customs Enforcement to seek new employees from among people who aren't already assisting in President Donald Trump's mass deportation effort. ICE recently sent recruitment letters to "a lot" of Floridians working in state agencies and "dangling like a lot of bonus money and all this other stuff," DeSantis said during a pre…
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