Jackie Llanos | Florida Phoenix

People needing assistance in Spanish from the Florida Department of Children and Families wait on hold for nearly an hour, according to a report from the Hispanic civil rights group UnidosUS.

Florida DCF call center wait time nears one hour for Spanish speakers, says report

UnidosUS found that Spanish speakers deal with an average wait time of 54 minutes, whereas the wait averages 13 minutes for English speakers.

Sebastiana Gomez-Perez puts her arm around her son, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, after his release from Leon County Jail on April 17, 2025.

Immigration

Federal judge extends block on Florida immigration law that led to arrest of a U.S. citizen

Jackie Llanos | Florida Phoenix

A federal judge brought up the arrest in Leon County of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a U.S. citizen born in Georgia, during a hearing Friday in which she extended her block of the new Florida immigration law until April 29.

The Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton.

Immigration

FAU police seeks immigration enforcement authority to question, detain people

Jackie Llanos | Florida Phoenix

The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which lists the campus police department as one of 75 entities that have submitted paperwork for consideration.