Florida has been a top partner in executing President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda — finding and detaining people who are in the country illegally.

Florida also leads in what has become a nationwide problem: a massive backlog in immigration court cases that determine whether an immigrant can stay in the country.

More cases are waiting to be heard in Florida‘s immigration courts than in any other state, according to data compiled by Syracuse University. It’s a long-standing problem wherein cases have piled up over the years in front of a shortage of judges.

But it’s being accelerated in part as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has pushed to be at the fore of executing Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Florida leads the U.S. in the number of state and local law enforcement agencies

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