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U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams previously ordered the facility to wind down operations, but that injunction was put on hold by an appellate court panel.
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A lawsuit released Thursday by Uthmeier's office alleges that California and Washington have not complied with federal safety and immigration-status requirements in issuing commercial driver's licenses.
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In a new pastoral letter, Pensacola–Tallahassee Bishop William Wack calls for compassion for migrants and links immigration to the Church’s pro-life teaching, urging Catholics to look past partisanship.
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In the latest legal salvo over the immigrant-detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” an environmental group Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that state officials have improperly withheld public records, including documents about Florida’s efforts to get federal money for the facility.
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The DOJ admits detainees likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings while arguing they don't have enough in common to be certified as a class in a lawsuit over access to attorneys.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.