South Florida worries as Trump rebrands app as "self-deportation" tool
CBP Home is a phone app previously used for people seeking asylum in the U.S. But, it has since been revived with a different purpose.
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CBP Home is a phone app previously used for people seeking asylum in the U.S. But, it has since been revived with a different purpose.
The new rules would require foreign nationals staying in the U.S. for more than 30 days to register and submit fingerprints with ICE.
They run businesses. They tend bars. They pay taxes. But still they live in fear. There are thousands of undocumented Irish immigrants in America today, and some of them shared their stories.
Morgan Rynor reports Hialeah Police officers will gain the authority to stop, interrogate and arrest individuals suspected of violating immigration laws.
Opponents of the agreement argue that it goes beyond what is required by law and could erode trust between police and immigrant communities.
The deportees, largely from Asian countries, were part of a deal struck between the Trump administration and Panama and Costa Rica last month as the U.S. government attempts to speed up deportations.
Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said DHS would start polygraphing employees in order to crack down on who may be leaking information to the media about its immigration raids.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees were asked to sign up for 60-day assignments — or what the government calls "details" — to assist ICE.
ICE was detaining the first group of migrant parents and children in a detention facility in Texas designed to hold families with minors, according to an internal government report obtained by CBS News.
A study by the National Milk Producers Federation, a group which advocates for dairy producers, indicates that eliminating immigrant labor would lead to a 90% increase in retail milk prices.
President Trump is floating the idea of a new "gold card" visa that would be sold to wealthy foreigners for $5 million.
The former lieutenant governor sat down with "Facing South Florida" for her first interview since becoming FIU's interim president.
Cordero-Stutz said her office will uphold the law but is still awaiting details on how the federal government expects local deputies to participate in immigration enforcement.
Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said her office will uphold the law but is still awaiting details on how the federal government expects local deputies to participate in immigration enforcement.
DeSantis called the move a major step in strengthening immigration enforcement.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced a statewide expansion of immigration enforcement, granting all 67 county sheriffs the authority to act as federal immigration agents under the 287(g) program.
For Maria, an undocumented South Florida resident who came to the U.S. as a child, the policy is nothing short of terrifying.
The move applies to immigrants over the age of 13 who are in the U.S. unlawfully and who have not submitted fingerprints or registered with the federal government.
Ahead of the anticipated immigration enforcement, Florida sheriffs are conducting an inventory of available beds.
All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday.
All of the state's 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist mass deportation efforts.
The Trump administration has prepared plans to implement a policy that would allow U.S. officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases.
"We are not criminals… we are law-abiding citizens," community members said at a press conference in Little Haiti.
Caleb Vitello was installed by President Trump to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an acting capacity at the start of his second administration in January.
Florida officials aren't wasting time implementing their new legislation.
