South Florida man freed after 8 months in ICE detention
A South Florida man has reunited with his wife after a federal judge ordered his immediate release following eight months in ICE detention.
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A South Florida man has reunited with his wife after a federal judge ordered his immediate release following eight months in ICE detention.
A Barry University politics professor says it's rare for a sitting member of Congress to criticize their own party's president.
A Doral co-owner says 6 employees left fearing detention despite having applied for political asylum.
Republicans voted yes, Democrats no, as the panel approved funds for contracts already fulfilled and a worst-case $1.5B deficit looms.
The Board of Governors' vote follows a June decision barring undocumented students from Florida's 24 public colleges.
Aristides Fernandez Garcia says he didn't know where he was headed until the plane was already in the air.
Matthew Torres, 31, is accused of taking $5,382 from a detainee being processed for deportation, police say.
The rule still needs State Board of Education approval, set for a Sept. 16 vote.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
The teenager was born in the United States, as was her brother. Her mother, who has lived in South Florida for nearly 20 years, had been residing in the U.S. under TPS.
Claudia Rodriguez, who previously held Temporary Protected Status (TPS), described the conditions inside the facility as unsanitary, alleging that the room and toilets were rarely cleaned.
A man says his girlfriend has been held at a Miramar ICE facility for 4 days with no shower access or edible food.
A South Florida father from Colombia has been reunited with his family after spending 16 days in ICE custody.
In June, judges issued 5,415 removal orders, a 17.6 percent increase compared to March's 4,605 removal orders, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonprofit that tracks immigration data.
The women gathered outside the downtown Miami facility on Wednesday to call for basic humane treatment for their husbands.
The lawsuit argued the Florida Division of Emergency Management violated the federal Clean Air Act by failing to get air quality permits for the facility.
The expiration, scheduled for Friday night, threatens to strip Haitian recipients of their authorization to work in the United States.
Thomas Kennedy of the Florida Immigrant Coalition said the organization has received numerous videos in recent days showing ICE agents detaining people in Homestead and West Palm Beach.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is condemning conditions inside the Miramar Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, describing them as "horrific" following an unannounced visit to the facility.
The boards of trustees of the state's 28 public colleges will now be required to ensure all admitted students are citizens of the United States or lawfully present in the U.S., and undocumented immigrants will be blocked from adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges.
At a State Immigration Enforcement Council meeting on Tuesday, Florida's top cops said some are barely cooperating or not engaging at all in President Donald Trump's agenda, a priority supported and pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The proposed policy states: "A person who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for initial enrollment in any state university which, for the two most recent academic years, did not admit all academically qualified candidates."
The agency did not specify the number of detainees relocated or confirm if they would be returned to Krome once conditions improve.
According to Angel Leal, scammers have created hundreds of fake videos and social media profiles that use AI-generated images and videos depicting him offering immigration services he has never provided.
The $90 million is for new and amended grants to 56 county and city police departments for radios, body cameras, riot gear, ballistic helmets, X-ray machines, inmate restraint chairs and other items.
