Volusia County sheriff discusses immigration enforcement at community meeting
WESH 2 News
[{'start': '0.433', 'end': '3.903', 'text': "SUMTER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.  AND VOLUSIA COUNTY.  SHERIFF MIKE CHITWOOD HELD A  TOWN HALL TONIGHT AS WELL.  IT WAS A TALK WITH THE COUNTY'S  HISPANIC COMMUNITY ABOUT  ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS IN  THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.  WESH 2'S TONY ATKINS WAS THERE  AND SPOKE TO THE SHERIFF, WHO  SAYS HE PLANS TO ENFORCE THE  LAWS AS BEST HE CAN.  THERE ARE 67 COUNTIES IN THE  STATE OF FLORIDA.  EVERY SHERIFF IS OBLIGED TO  FOLLOW THE LAW.  VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE  CHITWOOD HOSTED PEWS FILLED WITH  COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THURSDAY.  A MAJORITY OF THEM HISPANIC.  WONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE  COUNTY'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT  WILL LOOK LIKE.  ADMINISTRACIONES ANGELES  MARTINEZ SAYING MANY  ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE PASSED, BUT  SHE FEELS THIS ADMINISTRATION IS  VERY AGGRESSIVE UNDER THIS NEW  PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE IN THIS  MEETING, THEY SAID THEY REALLY  UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE SHERIFF WAS  TRYING TO SAY, FOLLOW THE LAW.  BUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE SAID THEY  HAD SOME CONCERNS.  WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT TODAY'S  MEETING?  A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT  TONIGHT.  YEAH.  IT'S IT'S GOOD THAT THE PEOPLE  COME.  THAT MEANS WE OUR COMMUNITY IS  WORRIED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT  THE PRESIDENT IS DOING.  THE SHERIFF SAYS HE'S URGING  CITIZENS TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND  TO BE MINDFUL OF THE STATUS OF  THE PEOPLE THEY'RE DRIVING  AROUND.  HE SAYS DEPUTIES WILL NOTIFY ICE  IF SOMEONE IS IN THE COUNTRY  ILLEGALLY.  AND FROM THERE, ICE HAS TO DO  ITS JOB.  ICE MAKES THE DETERMINATION  THERE'S A DETAINER, THERE'S A  WARRANT.  LET THEM GO.  HOLD THEM.  LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS  SAYS THE STATE WORKED WITH ICE  ON OPERATION TIDAL WAVE, A  ROUNDUP OF ROUGHLY 1000 PEOPLE  LIVING IN THE STATE ILLEGALLY.  THE OPERATION TIDAL WAVE WAS IN  VOLUSIA COUNTY FOR THREE DAYS  LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARRESTED ONE  PERSON.  CHITWOOD SAYS 25 OF HIS DEPUTIES  ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED TO BE  PART OF THE 27 G PROGRAM WITH  ICE.  IT WILL FOCUS ON PEOPLE  COMMITTING CRIMES, A DANGER TO  PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL  SECURITY, AS WELL AS PEOPLE  PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED AND BACK  ILLEGALLY, AND PEOPLE WITH  OUTSTANDING DEPORTATION  WARRANTS.  WHAT ICE IS ASKING US TO HELP  WITH IS THOSE FIVE CATEGORIE"}]