Trump 47: Immigration

The "Keep Them Honest" public awareness campaign has recruited the likes of Miami Dade College President Emeritus Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, former television news anchors Leticia Callava and Michael Putney, and former Miami Herald publisher David Lawrence Jr. to star in a series of advertisements speaking out against immigration policies under the Trump administration.

Wednesday's protest and vigil is part of a nationwide effort by Catholic organizations that are taking part in a campaign called One Church, One Family: Catholic Public Witness for Immigrants.

She desperately wanted to get out of the country. It was mid-May and Pérez, a Venezuelan mother of two, couldn’t survive on her own in Chicago anymore.

While the court’s ruling on Friday is again temporary, it means hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrations are at risk of immediate deportation as litigation continues

The state of Florida has secured $608 million in federal reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for opening and operating "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial immigration detention in the Everglades, WPLG Local 10 News reported Thursday.

Protesters want FIFA officials to protect World Cup attendees from "overzealous immigration enforcement" and to "reinvest [Miami-Dade County's] $46 million subsidy in the local community."

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk. That is according to a handbook made public as part of a lawsuit over attorney access at the site known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

President Trump failed to revoke DACA in his first term and his focus on immigration this time has mostly ignored the policy. Still, Republican lawmakers are deferring to the president on the issue.

Sunday's protest, now in its eighth week, comes amid new reports of alleged medical neglect, violations of attorney-client privilege, and a large number of detainees who have all but disappeared from official federal records.

“This ruling is a setback for human rights," said Amy Fischer, Amnesty International USA’s Director for Refugee and Migrant Rights, in a statement issue Friday morning.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday the indictment of 12 people charged for their alleged roles in an international conspiracy involving alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering.

The City of South Miami and immigration attorneys are pushing cities to reject partnering with ICE after attorneys representing Florida said in court that participation is not mandatory.