MIAMI - A South Florida man says he is traumatized after being stopped twice in two weeks by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who demanded to see his identification, despite being a U.S. citizen. Carlos, who was born and raised in Hollywood and is of Colombian descent, believes he was racially profiled.
MIAMI - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration plans to send thousands of undocumented immigrants to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a move that has drawn sharp reactions from South Florida officials and immigration advocates.
At least 27 agencies across the nation are currently listed as having submitted applications to the program, including agencies in Texas, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Nearly half of the pending applications are from Florida law enforcement agencies.
President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts are in full swing, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducting raids across the country, including South Florida.
Immigrants across South Florida are bracing in anticipation of a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ordered by the Trump administration. The big picture: President Trump has already acted on his promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants through large-scale deportation.
Several operations were carried out by federal officials in South Florida on Sunday, leading to the arrest of alleged undocumented immigrants in Broward County.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a memorandum that could soon give highway patrol officers some of the power of federal immigration agents.
South Florida school districts are responding to federal policy changes that would allow federal immigration officers to conduct searches and arrests on school grounds after a directive issued last week removed restrictions that prevented raids in schools.
Migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who came under a temporary humanitarian parole process under the Biden administration could lose their temporary stays and be deported. State of play: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were directed last week to expedite the deportation of people who failed to apply for asylum within the one-year deadline.
Some groups have created Know Your Rights and Red Cards as a reminder of what rights immigrants have and how to exercise them if faced with federal agents from ICE or the border patrol.