DeSantis threatens to suspend officials over immigration enforcement
The governor's remarks came just two days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned city officials.
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The governor's remarks came just two days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned city officials.
Reaction in South Florida to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has been far more muted than in his first term.
New video shows the arrest of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agents.
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.
Hialeah Police officers will gain the authority to stop, interrogate and arrest individuals suspected of violating immigration laws.
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.
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.
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.
For Maria, an undocumented South Florida resident who came to the U.S. as a child, the policy is nothing short of terrifying.
Ahead of the anticipated immigration enforcement, Florida sheriffs are conducting an inventory of available beds.
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.
The lawsuit seeks to restore an 18-month extension granted by the Biden administration in January.
The person who brought the package into the building was taken into custody, police say.
The new agreements involve the Florida State Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the FDLE.
Larry Keefe, a former U.S. attorney, will serve as executive director of the new State Board of Immigration Enforcement.
"Facing South Florida" devotes the entire half hour to the immigration bill DeSantis signed and the tumultuous events leading up to it.
The proposals are part of a broader package of measures lawmakers are expected to vote on Thursday.
The contractor described the experience as "surreal" and said he was deeply affected by the way it unfolded.
Florida lawmakers will reconvene this week to pass a package of bills targeting illegal immigration, this time with Gov. DeSantis' support.
