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The Florida Highway Patrol said the truck driver, Harjinger Sing, entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico in 2018 and obtained a commercial driver's license in California.

Some families have expressed concerns with sending their children to school amid widespread enforcement of immigration laws throughout the state.

Clarifying these terms and their legal implications can help ensure people are talking about the same things – regardless of whether they agree about who should be in the country.

Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe asked for the preliminary injunction. The facility can continue to operate and hold detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Commissioners Kelly Martinez Semrad and Nicole Wilson voted against the addendum to the county agreement with ICE. Mayor Jerry Demings hinted that a legal fight is on the horizon.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the state is waiting for federal officials to ramp up deportations from the Everglades facility before building out the second site outside of Jacksonville.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' response comes after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd blamed Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for his deputies receiving recruitment letters from the federal immigration agency.

Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened office removal if Mayor Jerry Demings and the county commission didn't permit corrections officers to transport detainees to ICE detention centers.

AG James Uthmeier wrote an online letter to Mayor Jerry Demings and county commissioners warning they are in violation of state law by not agreeing to an addendum to the county's 287(g) agreement.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the state’s housing capacity for the immigration effort is “a drop in the bucket."

A lawsuit filed in federal court for the District of Columbia against the agency and ICE says the arrests of thousands of people at court have stripped them of rights afforded to them under immigration law and the Constitution.

It’s not clear how Critical Response Strategies landed the work or whether it previously handled managing a detention facility. However, staffers from the firm have a visible presence at the center.