A 44-year-old Ukrainian national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has died at a Miami hospital. Maksym Chernyak was pronounced deceased at HCA Kendall Hospital on February 20th,
Ahead of the anticipated immigration enforcement, Florida sheriffs are conducting an inventory of available beds.
In a move aimed at strengthening immigration enforcement, the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) announced that all 67 county jails in Florida have signed agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to comply with the 287(g) program.
The sheriff’s office now is participating in a federal program that enhances its abilities in immigration enforcement initiatives, the sheriff said.
An undocumented transgender woman detained by immigration officials last week is being held at a male-only detention facility in South Florida after being transferred from Maryland, sparking criticism from her attorney and LGBTQ+ advocates.
Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
PANHANDLE, Fla. (CBS12) — ICE pointed out fentanyl dangers after undocumented immigrants were caught distributing in Florida. On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement posted on X that local authorities arrested undocumented immigrants from Jamaica who were distributing fentanyl in the Florida Panhandle.
Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that Florida law enforcement agencies will enter into additional Memoranda of Agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enhance the state’s ability to enforce federal immigration laws.
Rebecca, a high school teacher in El Paso who has been teaching for eight years and asked to withhold her last name to avoid professional retaliation, sees it as “a real slap in the face and an assault on everything that I know a school should be,
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton appointed Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to the newly formed State Immigration Enforcement Council. The council, part of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, will advise on the enforcement of federal immigration law.
Established under SB 2C, a sweeping immigration measure Gov. Ron DeSantis signed less than an hour after lawmakers passed it last Thursday, the State Immigration Enforcement Council is composed of eight members: four appointed by the Senate President and House Speaker, and four appointed by each member of the Cabinet.
That man, just 21 years old, has “shown a blatant disregard for U.S. immigration laws” and was “a significant danger to the residents of Massachusetts,” ICE ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde said in a news release.