Many\nelected officials have directed their focus to our southern border, where\nPresident Biden\u2019s immigration policies have drawn migrants to the point of\ncrisis. Despite all the focus on border states, other officeholders across the\ncountry have raised concerns about the weakening of interior immigration\nenforcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On April 1, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) called<\/a> on the Biden administration to revoke its executive order<\/a> that hinders the deportation and removal of most illegal aliens, including many who are charged with or convicted serious offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governor DeSantis did not mince words when expressing his disapproval with President Biden defying federal immigration law, saying, \u201cFlorida will not sit by and watch idly as the federal government sets criminal aliens free and abdicates its legal obligation to enforce immigration law.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n He continued, \u201cI\u2019m calling on President Biden and ICE to take immediate action to detain and remove these dangerous criminal aliens. Too many lives have been lost because immigration officials failed to do their jobs and too many parents have lost children at the hands of criminal aliens who were irresponsibly set free.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nFlorida governor also urged the administration to require Immigration Customs\nand Enforcement (ICE) to take custody of criminal aliens once they have\ncompleted their state prison sentence. Additionally, he demanded that ICE\ncontinue to detain and remove alien offenders who are unlawfully present in the\nUnited States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nconjunction with Governor DeSantis\u2019 call to fully restore immigration\nenforcement at the federal level, he outlined several directives for the\nFlorida Department of Corrections (FDC) secretary to implement in the state.\nSome of the new measures include transferring known inmates with detainer\nagreements to ICE as soon as their prison sentence ends. Another policy would\nnotify local law enforcement agencies when unlawful migrants may be released\ninto their jurisdictions. Further, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is\nrequired to monitor and report any additional crimes committed by released\naliens to federal officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida\u2019s pivot to intensify its interior enforcement follows state Attorney General Ashley Moody\u2019s legal action<\/a> against the Biden administration after ICE refused to take custody of several illegal aliens convicted of heinous offenses after their criminal sentences ended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n