Florida Immigration

The lawsuit filed Friday contends the state doesn't have the authority to run detention centers and that the officers who are working at the Everglades facility lack federally required training.

Panelists criticized what they say are extreme tactics under President Donald Trump and his administration.

More than 200 Venezuelans were sent to El Salvador's maximum security prison in March, including Frengel Reyes, who was living in Tampa with his wife and is now back in his homeland without her.

In a letter to law enforcement agencies, Uthmeier said he could not prevent police from enforcing the new immigration law “where there remains no judicial order that properly restrains you from doing so.”

The Notary Kiosk offers a range of services and is run by Sara Roman, who wants to help people regardless of their immigration status.

About 50,000 Hondurans could be forced to leave the U.S. once their Temporary Protected Status expires in September. Longtime residents say they aren't ready to uproot their lives.

In Florida, where the governor has promised to lead the immigration crackdown, increased arrests mirror the national trend, especially for those with no criminal background.

A state plan to house as many as 1,000 immigrants with criminal records in a remote Everglades area "fenced-in" by alligators and pythons brings protestors to abandoned former jetport area off U.S. 41. The area, inside Big Cypress National Preserve, retains special and sacred meaning to Native Americans and conservationists.

The Clearwater jail serves as the Tampa Bay region's designated holding center for those suspected of being in the country illegally.

Maria Martinez, 22, who is in the country without legal documentation, was stopped for a traffic violation in North Port, then handed over to ICE. Her family hopes she can be released on bond.

The exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center highlights Spanish immigrants who came to the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on state immigration legislation he called the toughest in the nation, and ex-federal prosecutor Larry Keefe was named executive director of Florida's immigration board. Meanwhile, Florida lawmakers have rushed to pass laws and budget funds to help President Donald Trump's strategy of mass deportations.