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The Florida Division of Emergency Management has invited state legislators and members of Congress to tour the immigration detention facility in the Everglades.

U.S. Northern Command officials says the Marines will help federal authorities with "critical administrative and logistical capabilities" and will be prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody.

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit last week, accompanied by the request for a temporary restraining order, to halt the immigrant detention center.

Florida law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials is causing concerns among family members and immigrants' rights advocates that people will disappear into county jail systems.

Cuban national Isidro Perez died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, making him the fifth detainee to die in Florida this year.

Special VIP Movement Notifications issued for Palm Beach and Ochopee for Tuesday could be an indication that President Donald Trump may be making a visit to the Everglades' site in eastern Collier County.

The organizers said they will deliver a letter signed by over 12,000 "faith leaders and people of faith from across the country" in asking sheriffs to "stop enabling Trump's deportation agenda." The association's annual conference takes place this week at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Authorities can't enforce a new Florida law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state while the law is being challenged in court. That's according to two new rulings.

Alana Greer, director of the Community Justice Project in Miami, said protesters are protected under the law and should be aware of their rights.

The program comes days after LA activists were revealed to use doxxing as part of protests in California.

A federal appeals panel has kept on hold a law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state, rejecting arguments by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.

The Miami-Dade Commission is considering a proposal that opponents worry will leave family members in the dark about their loved ones.