Shock and anger: Florida immigrant communities react to ‘Operation Tidal Wave’

On Good Friday, Jill Hanson went to St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Jupiter, Florida, to see one of her community members play Jesus Christ in the church’s passion play.

Four days later, he was detained by Florida Highway Patrol in what the state of Florida is calling “Operation Tidal Wave,” a week-long sting by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Florida law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security that targeted areas with high-immigrant populations.

“Just makes me so angry, you can’t even believe it,” said Hanson who runs El Sol, a Jupiter nonprofit that supports immigrant communities…

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