Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The charges represent a rare moment of the Justice Department seeking to hold immigration officers accountable.

Using a controversial rule adopted during the wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, FIU disciplined students taking part in a silent, three-minute T-shirt protest against FIU's ICE partnership - even though its own staff confirmed the demonstration caused no disruption. In the free speech lawsuit that followed, a federal judge sided with the students. FIU now says it's weighing its next legal move.

Federal immigration detention in local facilities hearkens back to earlier eras of expanding American incarceration. As a sociologist of law and punishment, I’ve explored how rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap into federal funds during times of economic precarity.

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. ProPublica's nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings.

Rafael José Quero Silva — a known human rights violator who participated in the detention and torture of political dissidents under the Nicolás Maduro regime — was returned to Venezuela on Aug. 18 following a Department of Justice immigration judge’s removal order., U.S. officials said.

Seven FIU students scored a major free speech victory over their university, days before the start of the Fall Semester.

The school's move to enforce a ban on "expressive activities" indoors move has drawn condemnation from free speech organizations, arguing the policy violates protected free speech activity.

Critics say it is the reason why more detainees are risking their lives to protest inhumane conditions and legal rights violations, in the form of widespread hunger strikes.

Immigrant rights leaders are urging the Lake Worth Beach city commission to reject a proposed ten-year contract extension with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for fear it will negatively impact immigrant families

The arrest underscores the reality of immigrants in Palm Beach County and the hardship that befalls the American children who have to pick up the pieces.

“Florida’s colleges and universities are meant to be places for debate, disagreement, and discussion,” said Nicholas Warren, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Florida. “FIU cannot turn its campus into a ‘protest-free zone’ through student conduct rules."

Even before Haitian immigrants in Ohio officially lost their Temporary Protected Status, the Department of Homeland Security required dozens of them to report to immigration appointments and accept ankle monitors.