{"id":107249,"date":"2026-01-06T05:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107249\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:09:11","slug":"desantis-announces-over-10400-immigration-arrests-in-floridas-operation-tidal-wave-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107249\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis announces over 10,400 immigration arrests in Florida\u2019s Operation Tidal Wave crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the success of Operation Tidal Wave, a joint effort with federal law enforcement that has led to more than 10,000 immigration arrests in Florida since April of last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Operation Tidal Wave involves a collaboration between Florida law enforcement agencies and the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This initiative is part of Florida\u2019s broader strategy to combat illegal immigration and has seen significant results, including nearly a thousand individuals participating in Florida\u2019s voluntary return program to return to their home countries.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In his announcements, Gov. DeSantis emphasized Florida\u2019s leadership role in immigration enforcement, stating, \u201cWe are cracking down on illegal immigration like no other state in the nation.\u201d DeSantis confirmed that Operation Tidal Wave represents a comprehensive approach involving multiple agencies and significant coordination to achieve these results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the success of Operation Tidal Wave, a joint effort with federal law enforcement that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6204,9229,28,30,29,8236,1841,12831,55011,412],"class_list":["post-107249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-federal-law-enforcement","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-immigration","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-operation-tidal-wave","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}