TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 230 people during a 10-day operation across Florida targeting illegal immigrants with criminal convictions, federal officials announced.

ICE partnered with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the raids, which focused on convicted sexual predators and offenders who pose significant threats to public safety. The arrests were made during Operation Criminal Return, which launched Oct. 25.

The 230 people arrested were convicted of crimes including sexual assault, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation of children, possession of narcotics, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, burglary, attempted premeditated murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated

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