ICE raids were reportedly conducted across South Florida on Sunday as President Trump cracks down on illegal immigration.
As President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans ramp up, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski says the president is taking the wrong approach.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
DeSantis has suggested he would veto the legislation rolled out on Monday by leaders of the Florida Legislature.
DeSantis said his office was not involved in discussions about the bill that passed Tuesday, which he called “weak, weak, weak.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill. It’s the latest escalation in a statehouse showdown between DeSantis’ office and the Republican leaders, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Trump administration’s weekend immigration sweeps that included nearly 1,000 arrests and have chilled many immigrant communities were followed by another blitz: A barrage of video and photos from the federal government showing agents in tactical gear and vests emblazoned with “Police ICE” and “Homeland Security” taking cuffed suspects away.
Trump ended use of a border app to allow migrants to enter the country on two-year permits with eligibility to work, canceling tens of thousands of appointments into early February for people stranded in Mexico. Nearly 1 million people entered the U.S. at land crossings with Mexico by using the CBP One app.
Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, Colorado, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
Immigration officials can only enter a school with a warrant signed by a federal judge. Experts say the risk of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents coming to a school is low because judicial warrants are granted in the context of criminal investigations.
Miami office took to its X social media account to inform that federal agencies had conducted several immigration enforcement operations during the weekend, as several undocumented migrants were detained in Broward and Martin counties.