Lawsuit challenging DeSantis administration authority to hold detainees at Florida’s Everglades immigration detention center ends.

Florida is awaiting approval from federal officials to open a third immigration detention center, following “Alligator ...

Florida’s immigration landscape shifted dramatically in 2025 as Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers enacted some of the ...

The circuit judge wrote that the laws allow access to facilities such as state prisons and county jails — but not to the ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state has detained 20,000 immigrants since partnering with federal immigration enforcement.

About 20,000 people living in Florida in 2025 were detained and transferred to federal immigration custody, state officials ...

Alligator Alcatraz. Guns. Social media. Legal battles about those and myriad other Florida issues remain unresolved heading into 2026.

ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) — Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a Monday report from the state ...

Florida judges affected the state’s laws about guns, immigration, abortion and more in 2025. Romy Ellenbogen is a Tallahassee correspondent, covering state government with a focus on criminal justice ...

Florida awaits federal OK to open third immigration detention center as lawsuits target current facility conditions.