Florida Partners with Feds to Nab Nearly 250 Illegal Aliens, Many of Them ‘Ghosts’
Lowell Cauffiel29 May 2026169
In a partnership dubbed “Operation 9,” federal, state and local law enforcement officers captured 249 illegal immigrants during a three-day sweep across Florida.
The effort represents an increasingly coordinated and successful operation in the state, aimed at arresting illegal aliens along Florida’s roadsides, according to an exclusive report Friday by Fox News Digital.
The effort is in sharp contrast with certain Democrat-run “sanctuary” states and cities which refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) teamed up with the other agencies, and the illegals were captured, processed and handed over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the outlet reported.
Many of those detained on the shoulders of South Florida highways were “ghosts,” Lt. Ramin Sulaiman, assistant commander of the FHP Immigration Enforcement Section, told Fox. “We have no records for them, no accountability of who they are.”
Sulaiman pointed out that more than 1 million immigrants who entered the United States illegally during the Biden administration told authorities at the border that they were headed to Florida and were then released.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/05/29/florida-partners-feds-nab-nearly-250-illegal-aliens-many-them-ghosts/
