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Gainesville residents rallied Tuesday outside the Alachua County School District headquarters demanding that Alachua County public school officials revise guidelines they say leave immigrant students vulnerable to questioning and detention by federal agents without parental consent. District officials say the policy complies with state and federal law. -
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.
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President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and recent executive orders have Gainesville’s immigrant community contacting her office, dePaz Cabrera Immigration Law, nonstop. -
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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…
