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The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money for salaries, equipment and vehicles, are enticing.

Freddy Antonio Tellez Lopez, who fled his home country, sought asylum in the United States and built a life in Florida, was detained for months by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Broward immigrant detention facility. Here's how he won his freedom.

State law requires all county correctional facilities to temporarily house ICE detainees.

The national push would see roughly 300 federal employees placed in flexible office spaces across 90 cities

Data show most migrants the Trump administration is deporting, including in South Florida, are non-criminals — and increasingly they're people who are being sent back to countries they haven't seen in decades.

According to ICE, Royer Perez-Jimenez "died of presumed suicide" at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, although an official cause of death remains under investigation.

Dozens of students and faculty members protested Florida International University's immigration policies at an event with President Jeannette Nuñez on Friday. Protesters said they were also frustrated after a leaked group chat showed campus Republicans advocating for killing Black people.

Attorney General James Uthmeier called for "immediate reversal" of the policies no later than March 31. After that, he warns, there would be consequences. Mayor Jane Castor said they will review the state's concerns and evaluate the policies.

Former state lawmaker José Javier Rodríguez wants to be Florida’s Attorney General. He faces steep odds in a very red state. On “Live & Local,” he makes his pitch.

The Lee County School System completed a review and disciplinary process for the student walkouts that occurred Feb. 4-6. The majority of students got warnings and no credit for class assignments.

Palantir Technologies has been a Wall St. darling as it's grown substantially thanks to its data analytics software used by corporate America and the U.S. government, including ICE. The work has also attracted protests.

They filed statements with a federal court that their clients cannot call them using staff cellphones. They also say they still cannot make unannounced visits.