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

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

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

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

From immigration detention and gun laws to book bans, marijuana and social media, a wide range of legal battles in Florida ...

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

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades want a federal judge to make an unscheduled, in-person visit to the facility to see firsthand ...

A unique anti-illegal immigration law. The detaining of a U.S. citizen. A contempt of court order for the Florida Attorney ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying a ...

Florida faces major legal battles in 2026 over immigration detention, book bans, gun laws, social media restrictions, ...

Florida set a new record for executions in 2025, driving the nationwide execution rate to nearly double. As of mid-December, ...