Florida Immigration

A USF survey of Hillsborough County's immigrant community reveals the ripple effects of the 2023 law. Immigration advocates say they've had to clear up misconceptions.

A recent report shows that undocumented immigrants paid $1.8 billion in state and local taxes in Florida. That makes the state fourth in the nation when it comes to tax dollars collected from them.

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.

The Florida legislature will formally convene for the start of its annual 60-day regular legislative session. Here's a look at what lawmakers have left on their "To Do" list.

South Florida advocates of the White House's new immigration policy say they're confronting social media misinformation in the Haitian community.

He also signed into law a bill that would require county jails to assist federal agents with immigration enforcement.

A Florida Senate judiciary committee is expected to take up legislation that builds up the state’s immigration enforcement.

Two prominent Republican senators will push to require Florida private employers to use the E-Verify system to check the immigration status of new…

Central Florida has been taken off a short list to house a federal detention center for unaccompanied migrant children, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla.,…

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings does not want Central Florida to be home to a shelter for unaccompanied children who illegally cross the border.The U.S.…

More than a dozen advocacy groups issued a warning about traveling in Florida on Wednesday, saying immigration arrests there have soared more rapidly in…

A contentious bill that calls for a crackdown on cities and counties that don't comply with federal immigration authorities is running into trouble in the…