Immigration Policy

"I'm very strong on the borders — and she isn't," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after being asked about Salazar's campaign ad video condemning and torching his deportation agenda.

Recent rule changes mean Florida's public universities and colleges will have to verify that all their students are legally in the United States.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the statewide president of the United Faculty of Florida about the Board of Governors' decision to ban undocumented students from enrollment at the state’s public universities. Plus, we remember the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and a look at how PACs are spending money in Florida’s midterm elections.

Chaos unfolds at the Miami immigration court after judges are assigned mega master calendars, hearings where judges see more than 100 immigrants at once.

The increase began in June and accelerated in July, with less public exposure than during Trump's first year. Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the July arrests.

It now must be approved by the State Board of Education, which will hold a meeting on the matter next month, to take effect.

The GOP gubernatorial candidate also says he'll follow Ron DeSantis' precedent of removing 'rogue' state attorneys.

The new policy would expand the definition of public charge, or someone who relies too much on government assistance.

The measure also prohibits undocumented students from enrolling in adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges, which help prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma.

A surge in immigration arrests in South Florida has alarmed immigrant rights advocates and detainee families, who are pleading for local law enforcement authorities to end their cooperation with federal immigration agencies in detaining suspected undocumented immigrants.

Florida follows a national trend of an increase in deportation orders, which hit an all-time high of 79,000 in June, the most orders issued in a month so far in President Donald Trump’s second term.

U.S. authorities have not publicly identified the man, but a Mexico official confirmed his name. Jeffers said Yezzika Alamilla, the man's wife, told them he had been visiting the U.S. on a tourist visa.