Florida State Sen. Gruters discusses building, opening of Alligator Alcatraz
Gruters was among the Florida contingent who toured the facility with President Donald Trump earlier this week.
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Gruters was among the Florida contingent who toured the facility with President Donald Trump earlier this week.
This week, ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a nine-page document opposing a request by environmental groups for a temporary restraining order to halt operation of the facility.
The facility being constructed in the Everglades will be able to hold 5,000 detainees.
A brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz."
Weil says we need someone in Washington who will fight for the people of Florida.
Butcher speaks of the detention center's potential impact on the River of Grass.
Unauthorized immigrants make up nearly 5% of the U.S. workforce, according to 2022 estimates, and a higher share in construction and agriculture.
The travel restrictions have triggered fear, frustration and calls for action among the affected communities.
The officer whose traffic arrest of a 19-year-old undocumented college student led to her detention by ICE has resigned from the department.
The Florida woman and mother of three was charged $500 for every day she has remained in the U.S. since the removal order was issued in April 2005.
President Trump warned that if undocumented immigrants do not leave the U.S. they'll face severe consequences.
Pointing to the federal government's power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
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.
Hialeah Police officers will gain the authority to stop, interrogate and arrest individuals suspected of violating immigration laws.
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.
The Trump administration is threatening to punish some immigrants in the U.S. illegally with criminal penalties, including jail time and fines, if they fail to sign up for a government registry.
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.
"Facing South Florida" devotes the entire half hour to the immigration bill DeSantis signed and the tumultuous events leading up to it.
A Louisiana state law passed just last year bans the very policies that make New Orleans a sanctuary city, the only one in the Gulf states.
Union leaders said no raids have occurred and they are committed to protecting students' safety and access to education.
The Trump administration's objective is to send groups of unauthorized migrants from the U.S. mainland to Guantanamo each day, using military aircraft to airlift and relocate detainees.
More than 7 million Venezuelans have fled the country since Nicolás Maduro took power in 2013.
The move has drawn sharp reactions from South Florida officials and immigration advocates.
Valeria Maldonado, an undocumented student at Miami Dade College, said losing access to in-state tuition would put her education on hold.
