• After months of waiting for federal approval to deputize Florida National Guard Judge Advocate General Corps officers (JAGs) as immigration judges, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump indicated during a visit to the newly opened “Alligator Alcatraz” at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport that the plan will move forward.
  • According to Florida’s 37-page Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan submitted by state officials in May, the Florida National Guard has nine field-grade JAGs suitable for training as immigration judges, and can be trained within six weeks of Justice Department approval. “The Florida National Guard has offered JAGs to be trained as immigration judges to expedite the legal process at the request of the federal government,” and speed up immigration deportations, per the document.