A Florida sheriff said that federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can work hand-in-hand to make their communities safe from illegal criminal migrants.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told Fox News Digital that local departments could be the "biggest assets" for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations in carrying out President Donald Trump's promise to deport illegal immigrants.

He highlighted the need for infrastructure to house migrants, saying federal authorities need to "take the chain off" local municipalities.

"There's got to be an infrastructure at the federal level to house these folks because we can scoop them up in large quantities because they're here illegally committing crime and or they already have," he said. "There's 1.4 million with a federal warrant or a removal order. If we can identify them, put them in the computer, we can go pick them up."