St. Augustine, Fla – local jurisdictions respond to Trump administration Call to capture illegal immigrants by working with the federal immigration authorities for arrests.
Fox News Digital observed first -hand collaboration, accompanying the Sheriff of the St. Johns (Sjso) in Florida during their business. The County Working Group cooperates with the Homeland Security Department (DHS), border patrol agents and immigration and customs implementation (ICE) to arrest illegal immigrants and dismantle people’s smuggling and Sex trade operations.
The SJSO Working Group leads to SGT. Bobby Kukar and consists of about 20-25 local, civil and federal officials for law enforcing weekly operations along the interstate corridor 95.
At the beginning of the surgery, Sheriff Robert Hardwick emphasized the need for officials to have a probable cause before implementing traffic stops. Sjso Lieutenant Jessica Hines repeated Sheriff’s comments, explaining that the probable cause was building a case in suspicious illegal migrants.
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Sergeant Bobby Kukar runs on Interstate 95 as part of a group of local and federal agencies for the implementation of laws that work in tandem on the arrest of illegal immigrants in the district of St. Johns in Florida on Monday, February 24, 2025. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
The working group, which consisted of local and federal laws for law enforcement, on Monday, February 24, 2025, after stopping traffic, searched the vehicle for illegally illegally migrant in St. Johns in Florida. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
In one case, the working group arrested two suspects of migrants from Colombia. The members of the working group attracted them for too fast drive along the I-95 and found that they had driven without a driver’s license.
When the officers stopped the duo, they suspected that individuals were illegal immigrants after failing to provide valid evidence of documentation. The main patrol agent of the Border Patrol Matthew Zetts arrived at the scene and used the software to check for his illegal status.
Matt Zetts, (R) from Border Patrol, uses his database to search the name of the two Colombian, which were detained on Monday, February 24, 2025. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
Through conversations with the brothers, the authorities doubted that the couple could to be drug trade. Fox News Digital noted that the authorities began to search vehicles for evidence, noticing the repeated holes of the screws on one side that raised doubt.
“This could show that the bumper was repeatedly removed and that it could be the retention of illegal drugs from the whole border,” Kukar explained.
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Sjso K-9 Handler Rob Hill arrived and the dressed dog immediately responded to the presence of drugs. The department seized the vehicle for further inspection.
The brothers were put under the ice detention and brought to Ice’s Jacksonville, Florida Field Office.
Excellent Petrole Plan for the Customs and Border Protection Agent at I-95 in St Johns County in Florida, on Monday, February 24, 2025. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
The situation in St. Johns offers a view of how local authorities partnership with federal officials, as the White House has pledged to suppress illegal immigration.
Hardwick has previously shared with Fox News Digital, as under his leadership, the county priority of public security by launching a working group and working closely with the immigration authorities. The Sheriff’s office manages the working group for more than a year, but intensified operations after the election of President Trump.
St. Johns is part of the program 287 (g) that allows ICE to delegate to civil and local officials for the implementation of a law of certain immigration functions, including the identification and detention of suspicious illegal immigrants.
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He shared that on Friday at 2 pm they meet with federal, state and local partners to discuss the worst of the worst, criminal foreigners Desired in Florida or in the immediate area.
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“And a simple warning, that in the state of Florida, if you want – whether you are an illegal stranger or you are a citizen of the United States – we will hunt you to find you and consider you responsible for our actions,” he said.
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