Mary Ellen Klas, Columnist

Florida’s Embrace of ICE Has Come at a Cost

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Florida is dramatically — but quietly — changing the way immigration enforcement is practiced. The state’s Republican leaders have made it a testing ground for the aggressive immigration enforcement tactics championed by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

And although arrests have soared, the heavy-handed approach has had little measurable effect on crime — and is destabilizing communities across the state.