How one state became a blueprint for Trump’s immigration crackdown

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  This is In Conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  Today, what Florida tells us about where Trump's immigration crackdown is heading.

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  The landscape of immigration in the U.S. has changed dramatically

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  since President Trump started his second term.

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  In his first days in office, he signed an executive order to speed up deportations,

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  deny protections for sanctuary cities, and boost staffing for ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

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  Since then, there have been ICE raids all over the country, and detentions have surged,

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  doubling or even tripling in some states compared with the same period last year.

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  And in July,

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  Trump signed a sweeping tax and spending bill that included billions of dollars to expand detention centers and ICE operations.

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  During his campaign, he promised a historic immigration crackdown.

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  And we truly are seeing it happen in real time.

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  That's Jasmine Garst, senior immigration correspondent for NPR.

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  She's been capturing how these policies are playing out on the ground,

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  talking to people in communities most affected by this crackdown.

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  I've been covering immigration for a while, and I've never encountered this level of utter fear.

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  And lately, Jasmine has been spending a lot of time in Florida.

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  Florida officials have said we want to be the tip of the sphere.

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  To me, Florida is like this crystal ball into what is coming nationally.

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