Florida sheriffs break with DeSantis, support legal path for some immigrants
Some members of the State Immigration Enforcement Council said immigrants who aren't criminals should be able to stay in the country, under certain conditions.
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Some members of the State Immigration Enforcement Council said immigrants who aren't criminals should be able to stay in the country, under certain conditions.
Florida lawmakers are proposing a bill that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving worker's compensation.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted 6-3 to approve the bill which would also take drivers thought to be undocumented into federal immigration custody.
Immigration attorney Patricia Elizee said certain TPS holders may be eligible to seek legal status through immigration court.
Court records reviewed by the CBS News Texas I-Team show Cobos-Martinez, a Cuban national, had been arrested multiple times over the past eight years.
Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA.
Jim talks to Jaclyn Corin, who is a survivor of the Parkland massacre and the executive director of March for Our Lives, about her campaign against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Jim goes one-on-one with the mayor of South Miami to talk about his lawsuit challenging Florida's immigration law, citing the possibility of incurring financial liabilities for partnering with ICE.
Under President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill," more than $80 billion in new funding is heading to ICE.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida cites "significant concerns about environmental degradation" and threats to "traditional and religious ceremonies."
Perez also talks about a protracted budget battle in this year's legislative session.
Gruters was among the Florida contingent who toured the facility with President Donald Trump earlier this week.
This week, ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a nine-page document opposing a request by environmental groups for a temporary restraining order to halt operation of the facility.
The facility being constructed in the Everglades will be able to hold 5,000 detainees.
A brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz."
Weil says we need someone in Washington who will fight for the people of Florida.
Butcher speaks of the detention center's potential impact on the River of Grass.
Unauthorized immigrants make up nearly 5% of the U.S. workforce, according to 2022 estimates, and a higher share in construction and agriculture.
The travel restrictions have triggered fear, frustration and calls for action among the affected communities.
The officer whose traffic arrest of a 19-year-old undocumented college student led to her detention by ICE has resigned from the department.
The Florida woman and mother of three was charged $500 for every day she has remained in the U.S. since the removal order was issued in April 2005.
President Trump warned that if undocumented immigrants do not leave the U.S. they'll face severe consequences.
Pointing to the federal government's power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
CBP Home is a phone app previously used for people seeking asylum in the U.S. But, it has since been revived with a different purpose.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Satellite companies restrict access to images of the Middle East as the Iran war rages, with one citing concern data could be exploited "by adversarial actors."
Even after accounting for record-high detention populations, the rate of deaths per 10,000 ICE detainees was the highest in 2025 than in any year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Basketball fans can fill out their NCAA tournament predictions for a chance to win $1,000 in the CBS Miami Bracket Challenge before the full tournament begins on March 19.
Even after accounting for record-high detention populations, the rate of deaths per 10,000 ICE detainees was the highest in 2025 than in any year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer testified to the House Oversight Committee that he "had no knowledge whatsoever" of his client's crimes.
A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer.
The FBI is investigating Joe Kent — who resigned this week over the war with Iran — in connection with alleged leaks of classified information, sources tell CBS News.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
As Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to announce the winner for Best Live-Action Short at the 98th annual Academy Awards, the actor exclaimed: "And the Oscar goes to ... it's a tie."
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