Immigration and Customs Enforcement has evacuated immigrants housed at the Krome Detention Center as brush fires blaze in the southwestern part of Miami-Dade County, burning 20,000-plus acres, deteriorating air quality, and closing down roads.
An ICE spokesperson told the Miami Herald Monday that “out of an abundance of caution,” the agency had transferred detainees to other facilities in and out of Florida over the weekend due to “brush fires burning around the detention center.” It’s unclear how many people have been moved or where they have been sent.
“ICE takes the health and safety of those in our custody as our top priority,” the spokesperson said. “ICE officers are trained for this kind of situation, and the evacuation is being completed in an orderly fashion with no incidents to report.”…