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ONE person has been arrested after an immigration agent touched white powder sent to an ICE office and fainted, according to reports.
Federal agents swarmed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office near Miami after a suspicious package containing the mystery substance was brought to the facility.
The emergency unfolded in Miramar, north of Miami, at about 8 am.
A witness described seeing an officer get dizzy and faint – and then cops swooped in, Fox affiliate WSVN reported.
The officer dropped to his knees and two other agents rushed in to help him inside.
The building, where long lines of people had been waiting hours for appointments, was evacuated and an ICE agent was seen being wheeled out on a stretcher.
As he was being cared for, first responders threw on hazmat suits and entered the facility to investigate.
A swarm of police, firefighters, and other emergency crews surrounded the building as the public was kept at a safe distance.
Details were sparse but the Miramar Police Department said one person was arrested and the office reopened.
“At this time, there is no immediate threat to public safety,” local firefighters said.
“Crews remain actively engaged in evaluating the situation to ensure a safe resolution.”
The incident is now being investigated by Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Investigators are looking into whether the situation had anything to do with the recent crackdown on immigration.
IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN
President Donald Trump has put his foot down on illegal immigration, using global tariffs to force countries like Mexico and Canada to bend the knee and strengthen their borders.
Since he was inaugurated, thousands of people have been booted from the country and many of them were criminals, according to the president.
One hundred seventy-eight of those undocumented migrants have been flown to the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Meanwhile, some fallout has unfolded on school campuses across the country, as one college student was arrested for allegedly faking ICE raids.
This comes as another little girl’s suicide sparked fears she was bullied for being Hispanic.
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, 11, died on February 8 in Texas and her mother claims she was bullied over her family’s immigration status.
Marbella Carranza said she didn’t know about the reported teasing until after her daughter’s death.
“[She was told] they were going to call immigration so they could take her parents away and she would be left alone,” Carranza told CNN affiliate KUVN.
“We don’t know if she made the decision in fear of being alone … Or if she had been told to do it so that she would not be left alone.
“These are unanswered questions that I still have, why, why did she do it?”
The heartbroken mom said she spoke to investigators about what led to her daughter’s death but there’s “nothing concrete” yet.
Another parent at the school said her 11-year-old daughter came home crying over the taunts.
“There was talk of, ‘I’m gonna call ICE on your family. You’re gonna get deported,'” Jessi Noble said.
“Just a lot of fear, a lot of picking at each other.”
Noble said she was shocked her daughter knew what ICE was since it had never been discussed at home.
“I was sad,” she told CNN.
“I was sad for the kids to be afraid of something they shouldn’t worry about at that age.”
LEGAL DRAMA
A flurry of lawsuits have been filed to block Trump’s efforts to change the status quo of American citizenship.
The president’s administration tried to end birthright citizenship, which would mean that children born in the US do not automatically become American citizens.
However, that executive order was stopped by an appeals court, so it could now be challenged at the Supreme Court level.
Late Wednesday night, Trump signed another executive order ending the use of taxpayer money to encourage or support illegal immigration.
In the order, the Trump administration wrote, “taxpayer resources are used to protect the interests of American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
Now, federal funding will no longer be allocated toward programs like housing immigrants seeking “sanctuary” on US soil.
“My administration will uphold the rule of law, defend against the waste of hard-earned taxpayer resources, and protect benefits for American citizens in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans,” the order states.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.






