• First immigration detainees arrive at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

    First immigration detainees arrive at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

    Jul 03, 2025 10:01 PM EDT

    ... constructing and operating the facility using state funds on state lands under state emergency authority and a preexisting general delegation of federal authority to implement immigration functions,” the U.S. filing says. Human rights advocates and Native American tribes have also protested against the center, contending it is a threat ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's remarks at 'Alligator Alcatraz' on immigration and Medicaid

    Fact-checking Trump's remarks at 'Alligator Alcatraz' on immigration and Medicaid

    Jul 02, 2025 03:46 PM EDT

    ... I took office, Joe Biden allowed 21 million people… illegal aliens to invade our country." This campaign talking point remains False. During Biden’s tenure, immigration officials encountered immigrants illegally crossing the U.S. border about 10 million times. When accounting for "got aways" — people who evade border officials — the ...

  • Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades

    Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades

    Jun 30, 2025 05:46 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday, showcasing his border crackdown in the face of humanitarian and environmental concerns. The trip was confirmed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. “When the president comes tomorrow, he’s going to ...

  • WATCH: Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz,' new immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades

    WATCH: Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz,' new immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades

    Jun 30, 2025 04:21 PM EDT

    ... she said. "It is isolated, and it is surrounded by dangerous wildlife and unforgiving terrain." Trump's visit is intended to highlight his hard-line immigration policies that have been embraced by supporters of his "Make America Great Again" agenda. The detention facility is being built on a remote airstrip ...

  • 4 ways Trump's big bill could change the U.S. immigration system

    4 ways Trump's big bill could change the U.S. immigration system

    Jun 25, 2025 10:57 PM EDT

    Immigration courts WHAT THE BILL SAYS: The legislation sets aside $1.25 billion for the immigration court system, with funds to hire more immigration judges and support staff and to expand courtroom capacity. The courts' annual budget currently stands at roughly $850 million. THE IMPACT: The immigration court system, which ...

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody

    Jun 25, 2025 03:36 PM EDT

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail in Tennessee on Wednesday, only to be taken into immigration custody. The Salvadoran national whose mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in the fight over President Donald Trump's immigration policies has been in jail since he was ...

  • WATCH: Mahmoud Khalil speaks at Newark airport after release from immigration detention

    WATCH: Mahmoud Khalil speaks at Newark airport after release from immigration detention

    Jun 21, 2025 07:22 PM EDT

    ... player above. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey's Newark International Airport a day after leaving a federal immigration facility in Louisiana. A former Columbia University graduate student and symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests, he vowed to continue ...

  • News Wrap: Judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention

    News Wrap: Judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention

    Jun 20, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Friday, a judge ordered Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil be freed from the immigration detention center where he's been held since March, Israel killed at least 37 Palestinians in Gaza including many who were trying to get food and a federal judge halted the Trump administration's efforts to block Harvard University...

  • Federal agents are denied access to Dodger Stadium in latest immigration clash

    Federal agents are denied access to Dodger Stadium in latest immigration clash

    Jun 20, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    One of LA's most prized civic institutions - the Los Angeles Dodgers -- is now caught up in the debate over high-profile immigration raids taking place across the region after the Dodgers said ICE agents requested access to their stadium parking lots, a request the organization says they denied. Amna Nawaz speaks with Dylan Hernandez,...

  • Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transportation money

    Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transportation money

    Jun 20, 2025 06:59 PM EDT

    ... money to comply with federal immigration laws," Duffy said. "But, no surprise, an Obama-appointed judge has ruled that states can openly defy our federal immigration laws. This is judicial activism pure and simple and I will continue to fight in the courts." WATCH: Pastors share how immigration crackdowns are ...