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Records Show Florida Continued Immigration Arrests After Judge Told Them To Stop
A federal judge paused enforcement of a harsh anti-immigration law in April, citing the likelihood that a pending legal ...
Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of ...
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Florida plan to deputize National Guard as immigration judges could violate constitutional rights
Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the ...
Which states could get their own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant camps?
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...
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PolitiFact FL: It's not just the ‘worst of the worst’ criminals in Alligator Alcatraz, as officials said
Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s ...
Alligator Alcatraz Is a 'Huge Step Backward,' Native Tribal Leader Warns
A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...
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Class action: Immigrants demand access to attorneys in state detention center
People held in Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades sued the Trump and DeSantis administrations on ...
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The Dangerous Plan to Turn Military Lawyers Into Immigration Judges
Ron DeSantis’s plan —now with approval from President Donald Trump—to use his state’s National Guard JAG officers as ...
Florida Democrats file bill to block federal funds to Alligator Alcatraz
Dubbed the "No Cages in the Everglades Act," the six-page bill was sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Another shameful episode in American history
“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected ...
Central Florida counties agree to have jail staff transport ICE detainees to other facilities
A new state law mandates increased cooperation between state and local law enforcement with ICE. In March, Mayor Demings signed a 287 (g) Warrant Service Officer agreement, which granted Orange County ...