TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Schools across America, including in Florida, are gearing up for the possibility of officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) showing up to their campuses.

They’re looking for all individuals who are in the country without the appropriate documents.

In a statement this week, an unnamed Department of Homeland Security spokesperson wrote, in part:

“This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce our immigration laws and catch criminal aliens — including murders and rapists — who have illegally come into our country. Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.“

That’s a reference to the department eliminating a Biden-era rule that limited where immigration officials can make arrests.

Victor DiMaio is the president of the Hillsborough County Democratic Hispanic Caucus. He doesn’t see this effort working out well to find or arrest those are here illegally. He also said this may mostly impact migrant workers.

“They’re going to overreach,” DiMaio said. “They’re going to turn people against the initiative and it’s going to cost billions and billions of dollars to hire these people to do all the things they’re talking about doing.”

Evan Power is the chair of the Florida Republican Party. He has a message for those who are concerned about ICE going to schools.

“They should take it up with their parents who came here illegally, they do not have the appropriate documents,” Power said. “They committed a crime by coming to this country and we have to use every tool at our disposal to get our country safe and secure again.”

So far, the legal team with Pinellas County schools is reviewing a nationwide directive from the Department of Homeland Security. Sarasota school officials said they don’t have an update at this time. Polk County schools are waiting on official guidance but, a spokesperson said they intend to follow federal and state laws.

In the Orlando area, the Orange County Public School district recently sent out a memo reminding school staff they must comply with law enforcement who want to interview or arrest a student. The reminder also mentioned that if an officer doesn’t want a parent notified, school leaders must obey or risk facing a charge of obstructing an ongoing investigation. However, the district mentioned student records can’t be accessed unless there’s a subpoena, but they don’t keep information about citizenship.

Sydney Booker, Communications Director with the Florida Department of Education, sent the following statement:

“Florida schools will cooperate with all law enforcement working to enforce the nation’s laws on illegal immigration and keep our schools safe.”