Trump 47: Immigration

“Donald Trump is the deporter in chief and we have witnessed him deporting over 13,000 Cubans since he has been in office, his first term and his second term,” said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon.

The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren't employed by the government and could put them at greater risk of deportation. The move, announced last week, appears to lay the groundwork one of the biggest changes since guaranteed free legal protection was introduced in 2008.

The lawsuit, brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Americans for Immigrant Justice, alleges systemic abuse at the facility. According to the complaint, ICE has used the Miramar building since October 2025 to hold individuals for days at a time, violating the agency's own policy limiting holds of detainees to 12 hours.

The high court will consider whether immigrants have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible deportation. Appeals court judges from nine of 11 federal circuits have separately concluded that detaining immigrants without a bond hearing violates federal law.

A South Florida Republican U.S. House member battling for re-election is airing a campaign ad in which she declares that President Trump’s immigration efforts have gone “too far.”

The increase began in June and accelerated in July, with less public exposure than during Trump's first year. Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the July arrests.

DHS allegedly went undercover at community meetings, subpoenaed the financial records of labor unions, and created dossiers on people at a church gathering, according to court filings.

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump's administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops. The administration has rolled back immigration protections as part of its mass deportation agenda. The AP found that since Trump took office for a second term, more than 50 family members have been detained, with at least six deported.

More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children across the U.S., including hundreds in South Florida, could be forced to navigate the complex U.S. immigration court system without an attorney or legal advisor after federal funding ended Friday, warns the Miami-based Americans for Immigrant Justice.

The nationwide day of action follows two high-profile, fatal ICE-related shootings earlier this month.

After tearful goodbyes with her family, friends and community members, Olga Perez boarded an 11 a.m. flight to Guatemala City.

At Miami International Airport, a group of children as young as one held on to their stuffed animals — and each other — as they prepared for their early morning flight to Guatemala. They were being flown by a nonprofit to be reunited with their deported parents.