ICE to train prison officers to question Florida inmates

Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, gave green light for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to train prison officers, so they can contribute to the task of detaining undocumented immigrants who managed to cross the borders of the US without prior authorization.

This project was proposed by the governor of Florida a year and a half ago and was approved in August, 2020. The project is known as 287 (g) and is intended to question people detained in Florida prisons, who may be residing in the country without legal documentation.

Governor DeSantis states: “We take our responsibility to protect our citizens, foster safe communities and uphold the rule of law very seriously (…) We enhance public safety by identifying criminal aliens received into a correctional facility”

In fact, the governor of Florida has always supported President Trump’s immigration policies and has implemented most of his administration’s proposals when it comes to illegal immigration.

This decision will undoubtedly give more power to the federal agency in Florida, increasing mass deportations and family separations, which have been quite a controversial issue in the US since 2018 and even more after the arrival of the global Coronavirus pandemic.

This is not the first time ICE plans to intervene in prisons and correctional facilities

One of the main purposes of the Trump government is to “teach a lesson” to immigrants who decided to violate the US law by crossing borders without legal documentation. In this way, the current administration aims to reduce the number of foreigners migrating unlawfully.

Therefore, since President Trump took office in 2017, he has focused heavily on expanding border forces, increasing operations to detain undocumented immigrants around the country, and decreasing possibilities for them to obtain legal documentation.

That is why ICE constantly tries to obtain personal information from residents of each state, as well as to create alliances or agreements with local governments to be able to get even more involved in society.

However, there are several states that have even created laws to prevent federal forces like ICE from threatening the future of millions of undocumented immigrants. Some states, such as California, claim that undocumented immigrants, who possibly have an active immigration process and are just waiting for a response to their requests, represent a high percentage of the country’s workforce and deporting them would only affect the behavior of the local economy, which would aggravate the current crisis.

In fact, speaking specifically about the Florida case, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) declares: “In a state where 1 in 5 people are immigrants, we should be taking steps to protect our communities and not furthering our role in the federal deportation agenda leading to the separation of families.”

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