Since March, deportations ordered by immigration judges in Florida have increased 18 percent, according to recently released data.
In June, judges issued 5,415 removal orders, a 17.6 percent increase compared to March’s 4,605 removal orders, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonprofit that tracks immigration data.
Florida follows a national trend of an increase in deportation orders, which hit an all-time high of 79,000 in June, the most orders issued in a month so far in President Donald Trump’s second term.
Even though Florida remains one of the top states for overall deportations, it lagged behind an average national surge of 30 percent, as other states saw steeper climbs in the number of people ordered to be deported to their country of origin between the months of March to June.
For example, Illinois saw a 120 percent increase in removal orders, from 3,228 to 7,087 over the four-month period.
In June, removal orders were the most likely outcome in immigration court proceedings across the country, with 78 percent of the court cases resulting in deportation orders. Out of the 99,441 cases heard, 1,883 immigrants were allowed to remain in the country.
Nationally, Haitians saw one of the largest jumps in removal orders with a 96 percent increase over four months, according to the TRAC data. In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration could end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
And while Mexico is the destination country for the largest share of removal orders in the U.S., with 121,001 since last October (the beginning of the federal fiscal year), in Florida the most removal orders were issued to those originally from Guatemala.
Out of the state’s approximately 35,300 removal orders issued since last October, 5,027 Guatemalans were ordered to be sent back to their country of origin. Venezuela ranked second, with 4,783; Honduras ranked third, with 4,220; and Cuba ranked fourth, with 4,007 removal orders.
There were 948 people were granted relief in that time frame.
With 3,934 detainees, Florida ranks fifth among states. About a quarter of immigrants detained in Florida are housed in a state-run immigration detention facility in Baker County dubbed Deportation Depot. Alligator Alcatraz, a billion-dollar tent facility located in the Everglades that was in operation for nearly a year, closed earlier this month.
Miami-Dade County still leads with the most pending immigration court deportation cases out of any court in the country, with 137,373.
–Ana Goñi-Lessan, News Service of Florida
Laurel says
Do you have the courage to listen to this historian, Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letter from an American” all the way to the end? Warning, you may learn something important.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/is-this-fascism
Al says
At least some judges are doing their job. Keep up the good work and load’em up and ship’em out.
Capt Bill Hanagan says
Not to trivialize the human cost, damage to families, infringement on constitutional liberties etc etc but just to share an on the ground data point which affects repubs & dems alike —-
Concrete prices are up & quality is down
Mike dixon says
Now ask what the sheriff gets paid from state and the feds for this; then ask for a line item budget; then we can ask why he takes nearly 24% of the general fund budget when 85% of calls for service are in the contractual city of palm coast. PC idiots decided to be a city in 1999, now it’s time to fund your own police. Stay can run for sheriff there or sell off his toys: center console boats, atvs, fan boats, etc. This isn’t orange County.
Locally Matt says
Atta boy! Keep it up!!!
BillC says
Don’t be surprised when the cost of a new roof goes through the roof! Likewise for any construction, maintenance, repair project that requires manual labor. Americans won’t do these jobs for the wages offered- only immigrants will. Same goes for farm work and food prices.
Land of no turn signals says says
Nice to my tax dollars hard at work for a change.
R.S. says
Presumably all without due process to determine whether they might have had a right to remain on the basis of right to asylum laws guaranteed by international human rights as spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
About our immigration judges: “Florida Immigration Courts and Overview System Oversight: Managed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Active Dockets: Courts handle high volumes of individual hearings, with recent data showing thousands of removal decisions monthly across the state. Hearing Access: Proceedings can be in-person, telephonic, or via internet-based video platforms depending on the specific court assignment.” [AI research]
Telephonic or internet-based hearings do not sound very reliable to me. In fact, many of these may be repeats of the St. Louis passenger liner of WWII fame. I wish we had an honest system that might follow up on what happens to deportees.