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Dubbed the “Deportation Depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference last week called the vacant Baker prison “ready-made infrastructure.” It once held 1,165 inmates. The governor’s office said the site would hold 1,300 but could be expanded to accommodate as many as 2,000 immigrants. -
Rebecca Blackwell/AP/APThe lawsuit in Miami against federal and state authorities is one of two legal challenges to the South Florida detention center that was built more than a month ago by the state of Florida on an isolated airstrip owned by Miami-Dade County.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised Wednesday to veto a sweeping immigration bill, in the latest escalation of a statehouse showdown between the governor and the state's Republican legislative leadership, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. -
Members of Gainesville's immigrant community say they are worried about pre-election state and national anti-immigrant rhetoric despite the city's welcoming attitude toward immigrants. -
Two graduate students from China and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants sued state education officials Monday, trying to stop a new state law. -
HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — Snuggling on the sofa across from the Christmas tree, Sol proudly showed off the dog her foster parents gave her for earning all… -
No car is in the house’s driveway, only gravel dampened by rain. The living room is minimalistic, with a white leather couch backed against the wall and… -
Jamileth Sequeida, 31, said she wishes it were easier to be in the U.S.“In here, it is just too hard,” she said. “I just want to go.”Along with her… -
The exhibit "Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art," which includes more than 70 works from 54 artists, will continue through Jan. 7. -
Danielle Chanzes, the Florida Immigrant Coalition organizer for north central Florida, said she worries about anyone qualifying as a criminal if proposed… -
TAMPA, Fla. – Who was pretending to be Kelvin Johnson, for more than three decades? Even serving 25 years in a New York prison for murder under what…
