ICE just carried out a massive 4-day immigration surge in Palm Beach County, Florida.
In partnership with Florida law enforcement, they arrested a total of 309 illegal immigrants!
This marks the largest immigration enforcement operation to be conducted in the Palm Beach area since the start of President Trump’s second term.
Check out the huge development:
ICE arrests 309 people during four-day Palm Beach County surge
"The number of arrests is believed to be the most in an ICE action in Palm Beach County since January 2025, when Trump took office for his second term." https://t.co/XgixCyl9b3
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 27, 2026
🚨 UPDATE: ICE just went on a 4-day surge in Palm Beach County, FLORIDA, and arrested hundreds of illegal aliens — including a BAKERY owner
The operation is believed to be the largest in the Palm Beach area since January of last year 🔥
MORE! This will free up American jobs! pic.twitter.com/BQ7leiOzyv
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 27, 2026
The ICE operation was conducted from July 6th through the 10th.
This sweeping raid is notable because the vast majority of arrests were not high-profile, violent criminals.
While 11 had some kind of criminal record, most did not.
Among the illegal immigrants arrested was a Guatemalan bakery owner, Jacob Zapeta Castro, who was taken into custody following an “incident between his truck and an ICE vehicle.”
Wonder what that means…
The Palm Beach Post reported:
Authorities did not disclose the nationalities of the 309 people arrested. Detained during the time of the operation, which ran from July 6 through July 10, was Jacob Zapeta-Castro, who agents took into custody on July 9 at his Guatemalan bakery in Lake Worth Beach.
The Florida State Board of Immigration Enforcement, which announced the arrests, said another person was identified on a suspected terrorist list as a possible Tren de Aragua member. President Donald Trump has often referred to the Venezuelan gang in his push to enforce laws against immigrants in the U.S. without documentation.
ADVERTISEMENTThe four-day operation however, did not result in the detention of large numbers of people with violent criminal charges. Eleven of the 309 people detained had legal violations — including driving without a license, DUI and drug charges — beyond being in the U.S. without permanent status or legal status.
The number of arrests is believed to be the most in an ICE action in Palm Beach County since January 2025, when Trump took office for his second term.
Jacob Zapeta-Castro remains in custody as he faces a charge of re-entering the U.S. illegally. His arraignment is scheduled for July 29 in federal court in West Palm Beach.
ICE agents took him into custody at his business, the El Quetzal bakery on Lucerne Avenue in Lake Worth Beach, as his children watched. Agents pursued him there following an incident between his truck and an ICE vehicle a quarter mile away. He fled into the business and locked the door behind him. His workers said he did so to protect them from detention.
Well, it looks like there are hundreds of new job openings in Palm Beach…
Deport them all!
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