MIRAMAR, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced via a social media post the "Operation Criminal Return," which he claims involved putting into custody 230 undocumented individuals who many he claims were sexual predators.
The joint operation involved the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and ICE. Officials said they targeted criminal sex offenders.
The operation involved the removal of 164 sexual crime offenders and 54 sexual predators, according to officials.
In a press conference in Miramar on Thursday morning, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan and FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass spoke on the operation. The governor was not in attendance.
According to Gov. DeSantis' post on the platform X (formerly-known as Twitter), the operation "demonstrates the positive results of our state-federal collaboration on interior enforcement efforts."
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