Immigration Policy

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Agencies from all of Florida's 67 counties have signed agreements that deputize state and local officials to enforce immigration laws.

The judge specified that her order applied to all law enforcement agencies, despite a recent memo to the contrary from Attorney General James Uthmeier, who may face a contempt charge because of the memo.

A handful of Florida universities, including UF, are now officially signed on to have campus cops help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, while faculty at three universities have asked for a halt to the program.

The terminations come amidst widespread immigration enforcement efforts throughout the state and country.

Around 30 Gainesville residents — from concerned citizens, parents, teachers and students — gathered to express their concern over the Alachua County School Board's policy to cooperate with immigration officials on school campuses.