Florida Touts St. Johns County Partnership Sheriff with ICE

A Florida sheriff said that taking advantage of relationships with federal immigration application officials It is the “tip of the spear” to fight criminal migrants.

St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick told Fox Digital that his department has the duty to associate with federal officials.

St. Johns County is part of Program 287 (g) that allows us the protection of immigration and customs (ICE) of us, delegate state and local agents of the agents of the law certain immigration functions, including identification and arrest of alleged illegal immigrants.

“The attachments have been working on the 95 interstate with our customs and borders patrol, with Ice and Ero,” he said. “We have been working with all our federal partners to move forward and enforce not only immigration, but also to enforce trafficking in persons, sex trafficking, weapons, narcotics and all the illegal activities that are happening.”

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St. Johns’s County Sheriff, Rob Hardwick, shared how his department is working with federal immigration authorities. (Florida Sheriff Association)

While the prison in the county, home of the oldest city in the US of illegal migrants.

Hardwick explained that if the deputies stop someone for a traffic violation, that person cannot provide a valid identification test and the police discover that they are not legally in the country, they will reserve them.

“Our attachments will take him to St. Johns County prison for driving without a valid driver’s license,” he said. “And we will roll the digital footprints in the systems. We will also execute it through a system called IAQ (Immigration Alien Consultation). And will show if it has a letter of civil deportation or perhaps an arrest warrant.

“We directed IAQ almost daily in St. Johns County prison,” he said. “And we have stops almost daily.”

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Hardwick shared that, in Florida, officials are going to “take the tip of the spear and go to a different level.”

“And that means that we will really take responsibility for all sheriffs and let them play in the Sandbox and make sure we are working with our federal partners to enforce these deportations, delays and our lists,” he said.

He shared that Friday at 2 PM, meet with federal, state and local partners to discuss the worst of the worst criminal alien Looking in Florida or in the immediate area.

“And a simple warning, which in the state of Florida, if desired, be it an illegal foreigner or the citizen of the United States, we will look for it to find and hold it for your actions,” he said.

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Hardwick pointed out that it can be difficult to identify because there are organizations that produce false social security numbers or false driving licenses that seem legitimate.

Immigration and Customs Compliance agents from the United States, together with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a meeting in Chicago on January 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

Part of the County Multipobrine approach is to use technology to notify the police about who reaches their jurisdiction.

“We have really been working hard for interstate 95 because we know that there is a lot of interdiction that is overlooking. We have a new tool and technique here in Saint Johns County. We have just recently turned on,” he said. “We have enrollment readers on our north and south edge and, as you enter, your car’s labels are executed.

“As of yesterday, we are averaging between 17 and 22 hits, which means they could Be stolen carsThey wanted deportation people or orders where someone is sought in the criminal list of aliens. So, I think we are doing things a bit different here in St. Johns County and leading from the front, leading with the example. “

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Reference to Governor Ron Desantis’ newly signed legislation That approved radical immigration laws in Florida, Hardwick said his office is waiting for an additional orientation about the application of immigration.

“We only have 1,500 beds in the state of Florida for deportation,” he said. “And Florida has more than 23 million people living here. We just have to track those who have an arrest warrant, and we need to get them out of our country.”

He pointed out that President Donald Trump has been “of course that immigration has been number 1 in his list.”

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“Let’s start preparing if that happens and how it will look,” he said.

“I think it is important that we do something a bit different, and we don’t come in this work and sit as elected officials and we do the status quo,” he added. “You have to think out of the box.”

Fox News Digital has communicated with the Office of the White House, ICE and Governor Desantis to comment.