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Florida AG Invites People to Alert His Office if Their Ex Is in US Illegally: 'We’d Be Happy to Assist'

FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – Florida's ICE arrests have tripled to 64 per day in 2025 as Attorney General James Uthmeier urges reporting ex-partners to aid deportation efforts.

  • On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier posted on X urging reporting of overstaying exes, with DHS retweeting and sharing the ICE tip line, according to his statement.
  • Uthmeier’s early 2025 appointment by DeSantis and his June proposal of Alligator Alcatraz led to increased immigration enforcement efforts, including supporting deportation initiatives in Florida.
  • ICE tip line receives over 15,000 calls monthly, and Uthmeier's post about an abusive ex who overstayed a visa reveals facility’s scale, with the attorney general saying `nowhere to go, nowhere to hide`.
  • The Department of Homeland Security encouraged reporting of abusive exes, while a commenter highlighted risks that fear of deportation could deter domestic violence victims.
  • Last month’s analysis shows arrests have tripled, indicating increased enforcement efforts, with Florida opening Alligator Alcatraz to meet deportation targets, according to New York Times analysis.
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Florida appeals to the ‘burns’: James Uthmeier, the state’s attorney general, invited people to report their ex-partners as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan. Uthmeier commented in X that his office received a complaint from a person who had a violent ex-partner and now faces deportation, but urged to report in general to anyone who is irregularly in the United States. “We recently received a report from someone whose former abuser ex…

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New York Post broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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