ICE is setting up shop in Central Florida. Kissimmee area is alleged to be the target area.

[Baitball Blogger]

ICE in Central Florida: What we know about ‘Operation Tidal Wave’

ORLANDO, Fla. —

A massive immigration crackdown—dubbed “Operation Tidal Wave”—is officially moving through our neighborhoods. While we’ve seen plenty of videos circulating on social media, local leaders are now confirming the activity is very real.

U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost says his office has confirmed that ICE agents are securing “pretty large” hotel reservations as staging areas. According to Frost, agents have been spotted in:

Governor Ron DeSantis says “Operation Tidal Wave” is a huge success so far. Here’s the breakdown:

* 10,000+ arrests since last April.

* 1,000 people have already used the state’s “voluntary return” program to fly back to their home countries.

We’ve reached out to ICE regarding these specific hotel reservations, but we’re still waiting to hear back. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more about where these operations are headed next.


https://www.wftv.com/news/local/ice-central-florida-what-we-know-about-operation-tidal-wave/24V2CO4BLFGJZDOBACVBXZ4MFM/

[Bread and Circuses]

1. Kidnapping the cleaning ladies because White Christians want those jobs !? ?

[lapfog_1]

2. oh great, price of oranges and orange juice is going up

Orange harvest season generally runs from late fall to early summer (October-June), with peak availability in winter (December-February)

and you gotta wonder who inside the administration is doing the classic "Trading Places" insider scheme.

In the movie Trading Places, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd engineer a massive orange juice (FCOJ) futures trade, making millions

I vote for Stephen Miller to wear the gorilla suit.

[melm00se]

14. Florida's orange harvest

numbers have been dropping for years



A combination of

- Citrus canker
- Greening disease
- Hurricanes
- Land prices

https://citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/florida-orange-production-plummeted-years/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2025/03/15/florida-citrus-greening-disease-oranges-hurricanes-freeze/

https://www.marconews.com/story/news/local/2025/10/07/collier-board-divided-over-replacing-citrus-grove-with-homes/86571409007/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91298274/floridas-citrus-industry-faces-mounting-threat-real-estate

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Picking on smaller communities now, the big cities file too many lawsuits. /nt

[mucifer]

4. No it's that they have enough money and hired enough sadists to go everywhere

[global1]

5. Watch For A Number Of New Job Openings Being....

Announced for the Orlando theme parks.

Watch for prices in the area to go up to cover for the increase in pay just to sustain the hit.

[halobeam]

6. Too many thoughts to sort through...

First couple, being-

Lots of kids to rip away (horrifying)

Can't see Disney Co. liking this news (somehow not so upsetting to me)

Not surprised.

Disgusted.

DEFUND ICE.

[DFW]

7. Florida is not Minnesota. A LOT of people walk around there armed

Many more keep arms in their homes, and some are surely involved in some of the less legal aspects of the “import-export” business.

I’m guessing ICE will sooner or later (and quite by mistake) start raiding some of the “wrong” homes, and get a hail of machine gun bullets instead of some terrified Hispanic family to greet them when they bust down the wrong door. I’ll leave it to DeSantis to send the condolances.

[The Madcap]

13. Agreed. And once the Pedo declares the Insurrection Act

The people will have nothing else to lose. They will start defending themselves.

[CaptainTruth]

8. Large Hispanic/Latino population in Kissimmee.

On the rare occasions when I've gone there I've enjoyed the excellent authentic Mexican restaurants.

Of course ICE is focusing on it, it's a "target rich environment."

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Let's just hope that the residents see it that way as well. (n/t)

[irisblue]

9. Good luck on getting building crews after the next hurricane

[mwmisses4289]

11. Target Disney, because they were very vocal against

desantis and some of his policies. T has already trashed the tourism industry, so what's a little more trashing, eh?

Edited to add: Since they are targeting the Kissimmee area with its multiple theme parks, warn any friends and family who might be thinking of going to that area to stay away. It's not going to be safe with ice there.

[ms liberty]

12. This should end well. Open carry, lots of guns, a lot of brown citizens and stand your ground laws.

[Timeflyer]

15. Will the ICE thugs come back to do roofing, mowing, construction, road work in the summer, humidity 80%, 100 degrees?

Damn them all.