'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation

Florida’s mass-deportation and immigration-enforcement blueprint, explained

The plan underscores Florida’s role as a key partner in Trump’s mass-deportation push, citing recent arrests of hundreds of undocumented immigrants in a joint federal-state sweep called Operation Tidal Wave

'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation

Immigration attorneys say parts of a 37-page immigration enforcement operations plan will result in false imprisonment and high costs.

In a radical shift towards the hardening of immigration policy, the state of Florida has implemented a massive operation for the detention of undocumented immigrants. Named “Operation Tidal Wave,” this initiative is presented as a model for future federal immigration policies, with the aim of being adopted throughout the country. The plan was presented by Larry Keefe, executive director of the State Board of Immigration Control, who highlighted …