Immigration

The handbook submitted last week by the state of Florida in the separate legal-access lawsuit suggests that detainees are warned that guards would enforce strict rules on dress, hygiene and behavior.

After a crash last month on Florida’s Turnpike killed three people, a Senate Republican on Thursday filed a bill that seeks to crack down on truck drivers who are undocumented immigrants.

A federal appeals court this week agreed to speed up a legal battle about a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades — but a ruling likely will not come until at least early 2026.

On "The Florida Roundup," host Tom Hudson connected with Alexis Madrigal of KQED in San Francisco and NPR's Jasmine Garsd for a cross-country conversation regarding immigration tactics.

Calling government efforts “wholly inadequate,” attorneys representing people held at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades are asking a federal judge to force state and federal officials to allow adequate legal representation at the facility.

Florida may be forced to choose between forgoing federal reimbursement for the immigrant detention center or facing an environmental review that would risk shutting down the facility.

The legal rights lawsuit claims detainees have been denied the right to meet privately with their attorneys.

Across the country, tens of thousands of college students without legal status are losing access to in-state tuition as part of an immigration crackdown carried out by President Donald Trump and his allies.

State and federal officials asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay of a preliminary injunction. If granted, a state filing in another lawsuit indicated plans to again ramp up operations.

Governor Ron DeSantis said during a Tuesday press conference he is in talks with law enforcement in Panama City about opening a third immigration detention facility there.