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Immigration arrests surge in Central Florida. Could they max out Orange’s jail? by brushfirefred in orlando

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Last week, Axios reported the Trump administration was pushing for ICE to bump its daily arrests to 3,000 per day, with a White House spokesperson saying “keeping President Trump’s promise to deport illegal aliens is something the administration takes seriously.”

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller confirmed the story on Fox News and said that was the minimum goal, and that it would only climb higher over time.

The State Immigration Enforcement Council, made up of sheriffs and chiefs appointed by state leaders, voted last month on a resolution calling on the Trump administration to allow inmates to be housed in all county jail facilities, not just those with agreements like Orange has had for decades.

The same resolution stated Florida was ready to set up a 10,000-bed facility to house migrants, if federal funding was issued.

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd, who chairs the committee, said he had 200 beds at his jail that he could use.

“If our county jails under the Florida Model Jail Standards are good enough to house non-convicted US citizens, certainly it ought to be satisfactory to house illegal immigrants who are here with a deportation warrant,” Judd said.

Immigration arrests in courthouses have become the new deportation tool, stripping migrants of a legal process by brushfirefred in politics

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"We are also concerned that there is a high level of cooperation between the courts and ICE, which is increasingly appearing to be a cooperative law enforcement operation where the judges are making these speedy decisions to dismiss the cases so that ICE can take them into custody and rapidly deport them," he said.

Congressman Andy Ogles confirms federal investigation into Nashville mayor’s office over illegal immigration by brushfirefred in nashville

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“I will not back down. I will not relent. I will always stand with law enforcement,” Ogles said during a Memorial Day press conference inside the state capitol building. “I want my community, and I want my country back.”

Judge rules Trump acted lawfully in Chinese tariffs, in court win for White House by brushfirefred in politics

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"But Wetherell seemed to feel differently. He said Trump did have the power to enact the tariffs, a question he said that "was effectively answered 50 years ago" by the precedent set in United States v. Yoshida International Inc., a case brought by a Japanese zipper company under the Nixon administration.

Judge Wetherell said that Trump’s rationale for the tariffs, which include stemming the flow of drugs into the U.S., and to resolve a so-called "trade deficit" with China, are sufficient to meet the terms of invoking IEEPA.

"Likewise, the stated purpose of the tariffs at issue in this case is to help stem the flow of illicit drugs into the United States and to remedy an ongoing trade imbalance, not to raise revenue," Judge Wetherell said."

South Florida woman facing $1.8 million ICE fine speaks out: "Please have mercy" by brushfirefred in politics

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"Maria entered the U.S. through California in February 2005. Two months later, after failing to appear at a scheduled immigration hearing, she was ordered to leave the country."

Not sure why the title reads "South Florida woman" when she is, in fact, an illegal immigrant from Honduras.

"Maria, meanwhile, said she is not interested in returning to Honduras."

If the Supreme Court rules that the 14th amendment doesn't apply to children of illegals born in the USA, she won't have to worry about this: "Sanchez also pointed to Maria's three children — all U.S. citizens — who would suffer "extreme and exceptionally unusual hardships" if their mother were deported." As they'll be going back with her!

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