>> AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS TONIGHT HERE ALONG THE GULF COAST, PROTESTING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION RAIDS. MANY SAY THEY ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. ABC SEVEN'S SAMANTHA ROMERO IS A LONG BOY SCOUT DRIVE SPEAKING WITH THOSE PROTESTERS. >> TONIGHT, PROTESTERS I TALKED TO LINED THE STREETS TO SPEAK UP AGAINST IMMIGRATION RAIDS IF THEY SEE ARE HAPPENING IN THE AREA. THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE AFRAID FOR THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS AS STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO REMOVE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE SOME MORE SMILES OF SUPPORT. WE'RE HOLDING UP SIGNS AND WAVING FLAGS, LISTENING TO MUSIC. AND THE REASON BEHIND GATHER GOING BOY SCOUT DRIVE AND HE WAS 41 ON WEDNESDAY IS FAR MORE SERIOUS. >> I FAMILY THAT ARE SCARED. AND, YOU KNOW, FEAR FEARFUL OF WHAT'S TO COME AS FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS TO REMOVE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. PEDRO ELSE, ALEEM LAW FIRM IN FORT MYERS CONFIRMS IMMIGRATION RAIDS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME OF THEIR CLIENTS IN IMMOKALEE WERE APPREHENDED BY ICE. VERY DEVASTATING. AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS THEIR FAMILIES SEPARATED. IT COMES AS GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS MADE A STOP WEDNESDAY AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY CRITICIZING THE GOP LEAD FLORIDA LEGISLATURE FOR NOT PASSING A TOUGH ENOUGH BILL TO REMOVE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. PROTESTERS TOOK THEIR MESSAGE, REACHES BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS CONTINUE. SO IT'S JUST HORRIBLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE'RE OUT HERE BEING THE VOICES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK RIGHT NOW. >> AND IN COLLIER COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID OVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH ICE ALLOW STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASSIST ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS. IT'S A PART OF THE 2, 8, 7 G PROGRAM AND CCSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY REMOVED MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE IN THE PAST 16 YEARS IN THE COUNTY AS A PART O