On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that over 150 illegal migrant sexual predators were nabbed in Florida as part of a sweep she dubbed“Operation Dirtbag.”
Secretary Noem also noted that working with the DeSantis administration has been critical in making the state safer for citizens.
Speaking with “Fox & Friends,” Noem shared, “Our partnership with Florida is absolutely amazing. This operation was called ‘Operation Criminal Return.’ I call it ‘Operation Dirtbag’ because these individuals were sex offenders.”
“But not just sex offenders. They targeted children. So sexual assault, battery, attempted homicide.”
“These 150 individuals will be gone off of our streets.”
“Our kids will be safer.”
“And this partnership with Governor DeSantis in Florida is a model that we want to replicate across the country.”
“These individuals should have never been in our country to begin with. The fact that they were sexual deviants and perverts, and now we’ve gotten them off of our streets, it’s remarkable and we need to do more of it.”
Watch:
In partnership with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Operation Criminal Return arrested OVER 230 criminal illegal aliens, including MORE THAN 150 ILLEGAL ALIEN SEXUAL PREDATORS.
Their crimes include attempted premeditated murder with a deadly weapon, aggravated… pic.twitter.com/zv7SekxWJ2
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 12, 2025
DeSantis’ efforts to protect the residents in his state are a far cry from blue state governors like Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
Pritzker has aggressively pushed back on efforts to protect the citizens of his state and the efforts of DHS to round up criminals as part of ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’
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