Immigration

Attorneys for the plaintiffs, a 40-year-old woman from Honduras and a 35-year-old woman from Guatemala, said they fear physical harm, harassment and arrest if their names are made public.

When the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday the Trump administration could strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans while litigation continues in the lower courts, the move sent shockwaves.

The law, passed during a February special legislative session, created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or re-enter Florida.

The Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan proposes rapid construction of detention facilities, Florida National Guard JAG officers acting as immigration judges, and deportation flights using Florida contractors.

Attorney General James Uthmeier says he complied with a temporary restraining order but was free to express his disagreement with the judge's decision in a letter sent to law enforcement agencies.

Dozens of police departments have signed agreements to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. One community in Miami-Dade County is waiting for a judge's opinion.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke in Tampa on Monday about the Legislature's budget process, the state’s immigration crackdown and advocated for more money for law enforcement.

Florida lawmakers are getting rid of a waiver that lets students without legal status pay in-state tuition. We hear from two students about what this means for their future.

U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, Darren Soto, D-Orlando and María Elvira Salazar, Miami, said Thursday they introduced the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025 to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants already in the U.S.

President Donald Trump's administration says it's going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who've returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.

The bill would have closed a loophole to require all businesses, not just those with fewer than 25 employees, to verify whether new employees are eligible to work in the U.S.

They include immigration reform and an investigation into First Lady Casey DeSantis' Hope Florida Foundation.