Migrants

Although immigration authorities nationwide have encountered migrants nearly 7 million times during Biden’s presidency, that doesn’t mean 7 million people have crossed into the country. Customs and Border Protection’s data tracks events, not people.

The law is already having an impact, even though it doesn’t go into effect until next month.

The law is already having an impact, even though it doesn’t go into effect until next month.

An appeals court is questioning a ruling that said the DeSantis administration violated Florida’s public-records law regarding migrant flights from Texas to Massachusetts.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss Florida transporting migrants from Texas to California and why more property insurers leaving the state.

DeSantis said California "gives unemployment checks" to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. We found that California provides some benefits to people in the country illegally, but unemployment relief is not among them.

DeSantis said Wednesday that California invited the migrants with its welcoming policies toward immigrants. He said those policies serve as a magnet for people looking for a better life and make it harder to crack down on illegal immigration.

Republican lawmakers in Florida are scrambling to convince established immigrant workers who already have jobs to stay, while making it inhospitable for newly arrived migrants.

The Tuesday comments by a spokeswoman from the Florida Division of Emergency Management refute allegations by California officials that the individuals were coerced to travel under false pretenses.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the 16 migrants, who turned up in Sacramento, had documentation that appeared to have been issued by Florida.

More than 20,000 new immigrant students have enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools this year — more enrollments than the district saw after Hurricane Maria. The majority come from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, crisis-hit countries covered by Biden's new parole program.

Farmworker Association of Central Florida’s Jeannie Economos said there’s bipartisan support for the bill, but it still hasn’t been read by a committee in the House or Senate.