Immigration Policy

DeSantis said he's glad Florida can take a back seat in the Trump administration's war to quash undocumented immigration during a Brevard County press conference.

It reports vendors were told detainees would be moved from the facility by the start of June.

The protocol, which federal sources say is rolling out across the country, deals with ICE’s 287(g) program, which authorizes specially certified local law officers to carry out certain federal immigration enforcement functions

In total, FDEM has spent $458.5 million in emergency funds on illegal immigration enforcement in the past year.

Florida Highway Patrol is leading efforts statewide to locate and arrest immigrants without legal status. A review of available numbers finds that approximately one in five arrests by troopers occurred in Palm Beach County. WLRN sought to learn why the focus has fallen heavier on the county than Broward and Miami-Dade, which have larger immigrant populations.

The outcry follows comments from Rodney Barreto, chair of the Miami FIFA World Cup Host Committee, who told The Athletic this week that Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured him that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were "not going to be at the stadium."'

A new report by the libertarian Cato Institute shows Trump administration arrests of Cuban migrants has skyrocketed since last year — while approval of their green card requests under the Cuban Adjustment Act has dropped 100%.

Freddy Antonio Tellez Lopez, who fled his home country, sought asylum in the United States and built a life in Florida, was detained for months by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Broward immigrant detention facility. Here's how he won his freedom.

State law requires all county correctional facilities to temporarily house ICE detainees.

A lawyer for two of the detainees says the beating happened after they complained about not having phone access on April 2.

The Republican wants to overhaul the immigration system by providing legal pathways for certain immigrants in the U.S. illegally. GOP critics say her bill is too lenient, calling it "mass amnesty."

Orlando commissioners oppose the idea of an immigration detention center but say federal law hinders their ability to actually stop one.