TALLAHASSEE, FL - If only governors across the U.S. took decisive actions like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the Biden foreign invasion could be solved in months.
The New York Post reports that at least three public Florida universities are looking to strike a deal with the federal government to deputize their officers to assist the feds in carrying out illegal alien enforcement.
Since President Trump announced his immigration enforcement as part of a national emergency after his inauguration, federal officials have undertaken a blitzkrieg across colleges and universities nationwide, nabbing international students and revoking their visas for infractions from domestic terrorism to speeding tickets. Now, some Florida institutions are trying to assist the feds in carrying out Trump’s initiative.
The move comes as Gov. DeSantis has used sheriffs in the state to crack down on illegal aliens and students in the country on student visas who commit crimes or who facilitate matters such as anti-Semitic attacks on college campuses. Florida requires local and state agencies to use their “best efforts” to support federal immigration enforcement, The Post wrote.
School representatives told The Associated Press that Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, the University of Florida in Gainesville, and the University of South Florida in Tampa are looking to deputize their campus police to assist in immigration enforcement.
“All state schools” will be expected to assist in fulfilling DeSantis’ directives, Joshua Glanzer, a spokesperson at FAU, said.
“We are simply following guidance from the Governor’s Feb. 19 directive to state law enforcement agencies, of which FAUPD and other state university policy departments are included,” Glanzer said in a statement.
ICE announced on its website that it was rolling out its 287(g) program, which provides that “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate state and local law enforcement offices the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight.”
Through that program, agencies can sign agreements with the federal government. As of April 3, 11 states did not have an agreement in place or under consideration, and no universities have signed on to the program.
Under the 287(g) program, there are three versions of enforcement. The University of Florida is considering the task force model, which grants participating officers the power to interrogate “any alien or person believed to be an [illegal] alien” about their right to remain in the US. It would also allow them to make arrests without warrants in certain cases.
The other two models–the jail enforcement model and the warrant service officer program–allow participating agencies to expedite legal proceedings for suspected illegal aliens.
Under the jail enforcement model, officers may “identify and process removable aliens,” particularly those with criminal charges pending or proven, while in their custody, the website reads.
Finally, the website says the warrant service officer program allows participating officers to “execute administrative warrants” on immigrants being held.
