Homeland Security Chief Praises Florida's Immigration Enforcement Efforts, Arrests Thousands of Criminal Aliens

21/10/2025 3 min
Homeland Security Chief Praises Florida's Immigration Enforcement Efforts, Arrests Thousands of Criminal Aliens

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Kristi Noem, current Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has been in the spotlight this week for her updates on federal law enforcement efforts and her agency’s close partnership with the state of Florida. Speaking in Bradenton, Noem highlighted the impact of President Trump’s current administration, emphasizing what she described as a renewed focus on restoring safety and enforcing immigration law. She specifically praised Florida’s law enforcement, noting it has led the nation in agreements that allow local officers to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration enforcement and criminal prosecutions, an arrangement known as section two eighty seven G.Noem reported that since January, the Department of Homeland Security has arrested over four hundred eighty thousand people she described as criminal illegal aliens, stating that seventy percent had criminal charges or convictions. She also shared that the department recently arrested a member of the Latin Kings gang for placing a bounty on the U S Border Patrol Chief. Noem mentioned the growing threat facing law enforcement, referencing a deadly shooting last month at an ICE facility that killed two and injured three. According to Noem, the attack was motivated by anti ICE sentiments, and she stressed the importance of supporting officers who she said routinely face increased violence and threats.She drew clear distinctions between states cooperating with federal law enforcement and those she called political holdouts, such as Illinois and Portland, arguing that political leadership in those places is putting communities at risk by failing to assist in detaining people with criminal histories. Noem noted that the Department of Homeland Security continues targeted enforcement operations in cities like Memphis, Chicago, and San Francisco, with increasing cooperation in some areas responding to local demands for greater safety.Noem also announced that, as part of department policy, individuals in the country illegally who voluntarily leave may be given up to one thousand dollars and a paid ticket home, but those with criminal histories will be prosecuted before any removal efforts. She stated that more than one hundred seventy five thousand people have applied for ten thousand new positions as ICE agents, suggesting heightened interest in supporting federal law enforcement efforts. Throughout her remarks, Noem repeatedly thanked ICE and local policing partners and encouraged public support for law enforcement amid what she described as anti police sentiment.Thank you for tuning in and do not forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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