U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained 20 people in Alachua County since Aug. 31, when The Alligator last reported on the issue.
Arrest counts for September, as of Sept. 27, are on track to be slightly lower than those from last month, when 28 people were booked into the Alachua County Jail and transferred to ICE custody. Of those August arrests, a majority took place in the last two weeks of the month, corresponding to a statewide operation leading to thousands of arrests across Florida.
The agencies responsible for this month’s Alachua arrests varied and included the U.S. Marshals, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol. Arrest reports found for five of the individuals indicated state or federal agencies carried out the initial arrests before transferring the detainees to ICE to continue their immigration proceedings…