Trump 47: Immigration

The billboards were funded by Keep Them Honest, Inc., a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that has previously targeted South Florida Republicans for their support of Trump's immigration policies.

A federal judge said he wants more clarity on "who is running the show" at Alligator Alcatraz, following a lawsuit over attorney access to clients detained at the immigration detention center in the Everglades. The lawsuit filed on July 16 says those held at Alligator Alcatraz are unable to talk to their lawyers.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of people without criminal charges or convictions in Florida rose by more than 450% this June compared to last year.

Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families. The men spent months in a prison some of them described as "hell" because of the severe abuses they allege happened there.

The “dangerous and unlawful conditions” inside the state-managed immigration detention camp in the Everglades pose serious health implications for hundreds of detainees, says a group of health professionals and immigrant advocates.

Frigid cells, no access to medical care, and invasive cavity searches. These are just some of the conditions described in a 92-page Human Rights Watch report — focusing on Miami-based Krome and Federal detention centers — and a jail in Pompano Beach.

Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry. What's often not visible are the agents' faces, covered by caps, sunglasses, pulled-up neck gaiters or balaclavas, effectively rendering them unidentifiable.

Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.

The Family Action Network Movement and U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Miramar, said the Trump administration has confirmed they would comply with a federal judge's ruling to keep in place TPS for Haitians until February 3, 2026.

The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and helps President Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad.

ICE detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a patchwork of different standards.

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” are being prevented from having access to lawyers and “effectively have no way to contest their detention.”