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The registry will be mandatory for people 14 and older who doesn't have legal status. Those who fail to do so could face fines, imprisonment or both.

Two Floridians who used to lead the agency support the president's review council, but they caution that federal emergency management is needed. Few states have more at risk than Florida.

On "Florida Matters," former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson talks immigration policy, and NPR's Frank Langfitt turns his foreign correspondent lens on the U.S.

The action comes as the Legislature weighed measures to give local law enforcement more authority to enforce federal immigration laws and place enforcement under the Department of Agriculture.

The Homeland Security Department says more than 300,000 Haitians already in the United States will be eligible for a major expansion of temporary legal status because conditions in the Caribbean nation are unsafe for return.

Some new arrivals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela haven’t been able to work for months — even as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says its working to speed up the work permit eligibility process.

Gov. Ron DeSantis even proposed allowing the No. 1-ranked tennis player to arrive in Miami by boat to circumvent U.S. refusal to let unvaccinated noncitizens fly into the country.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted the new parole policy has relieved the border crisis — and so questioned why Republicans oppose it.

Florida contends that the Biden administration’s immigration policies result in undocumented immigrants flowing into the state, increasing costs for services such as prisons, schools and health care.

Many are fleeing crime and poverty in Central America and rushing to the U.S.-Mexico border. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week called the situation a "stressful challenge."

The bulletin did not cite any specific threat but said that the risk of violence will persist for weeks. It warned that some extremists may be "emboldened" by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Senate returns for the first time since the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Five committees will question nominees to lead Defense, State, Homeland Security, Treasury and the top Intelligence post.