Immigration

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Governor Ron DeSantis have been raising alarms about the issue after an undocumented truck driver caused a fatal collision in the state earlier this month that killed three people.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its hiring efforts to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation goals. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia is training new recruits. Concerns about training standards have been raised, but ICE officials insist they are maintaining quality. Training includes firearms, driving techniques, de-escalation and immigration law, with a focus on the Fourth Amendment and immigration law. The agency is receiving $76.5 billion from Congress, with $30 billion earmarked for new staff. ICE aims to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by the end of the year.

In a ruling that will come as a blow to the Trump Administration, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said that she expected the population of the facility to decline within 60 days through the transferring of the detainees to other facilities, and once that happened, key infrastructure to be removed.

Panelists criticized what they say are extreme tactics under President Donald Trump and his administration.

Pointing to “prudence,” a federal judge late Monday ruled that a battle about legal representation for people at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades should move to a different court while also declaring part of the lawsuit moot.

News of “Deportation Depot" in a vacant Baker County prison has drawn a tangle of reactions from those who live nearby.

The state is preparing a second detention facility at a state prison as a federal judge decides the fate of the "Alligator Alcatraz" holding center in the Everglades.

The judge is considering Tuesday whether the facility violates environmental laws. Last week, she ordered a two-week halt on new construction, but that doesn't restrict law enforcement or immigration enforcement activity there.

Two more people were arrested and charged under the law in July, according to a report Florida's attorney general is required to file.

DeSantis has said the state is waiting for federal officials to ramp up deportations from the South Florida facility before building out the second site outside of Jacksonville.