Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days
Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie said in an email that “we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days.”
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As GOP lines up behind mid-cycle redistricting, voting rights advocates caution against ‘hasty’ maps
A small, but growing, number of Hoosier Republicans have voiced their support for a mid-cycle redistricting effort.
Feds fight to keep ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed
The federal government over the weekend asked a judge in Miami to put on hold her ruling ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built by the state of Florida in the Everglades wilderness and nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” pending an appeal of her decision.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore Monday and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him immediately.
Trump administration plans to vet all 55M foreigners with U.S. visas
The Trump administration is planning to vet all 55 million foreigners who currently hold visas for travel to the United States, a significant expansion of ongoing efforts to clamp down on alleged abuses in the legal immigration system.
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” that advocates said violated environmental laws.
Uganda agrees to deal with US to take deported migrants
Uganda also expressed a preference that those brought into the country should be of African nationalities.
Judge to weigh detainees’ legal rights at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida Everglades
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday over whether detainees at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades have been denied their legal rights.
Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer questions arrivals
A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.
DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Judge to hear arguments on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a two-week halt on new construction last Thursday as witnesses continued to testify in a hearing to determine whether construction should end until the ultimate resolution of the case.
Immigration attorneys worry how ICE detainees will be treated at two slated Indiana sites
Immigration advocates question whether detainees at Camp Atterbury and the Miami Correctional Facility will be granted access to attorneys and given their day in court.
Trump’s big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions
In the months since Trump took office, his administration has been shifting as much as $1 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other accounts to pay for immigration enforcement and deportation operations, lawmakers said.
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.
Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody
A federal judge on Friday will hear a Trump administration request to end a nearly three-decade-old policy on ensuring safe conditions for immigrant children held in federal custody.
Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision
A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
Trump seeks to change how census collects data, wants to exclude illegal immigrants
Any changes in how the national census is conducted would require alterations to the Census Act and approval from Congress, and there likely would be a fierce fight.
What to know as Trump’s immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students
The Justice Department has been suing states to end tuition breaks for students without legal residency, starting with Texas in June. In Indiana, such students are generally ineligible for in-state tuition.
Feds to use 1,000 empty Indiana prison beds to house immigration detainees
The Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill will make 1,000 existing, but unused, beds available to the federal government to increase its immigrant detention capacity.
Judge considers whether Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center violates environmental law
A lawsuit claims the project threatens environmentally sensitive wetlands that are home to protected plants and animals and would reverse billions of dollars’ worth of environmental restoration.