Florida launches program to streamline ICE detainee transports

Florida officials launched a pilot program on Monday that could help streamline U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee transports in the northern part of the state. The Florida Sheriffs Association met about the pilot program last week before it was rolled out.

What we know:

Florida has launched a new pilot program aimed at streamlining the transport of ICE detainees across the northern and Panhandle regions of the state.

The initiative creates "Transportation Zones," each led by a designated county responsible for coordinating transfers to federal detention centers — including the controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in the Everglades.

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In Zone 8, Marion County h

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