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This image released by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General shows a small metal enclosure used to house detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Jan. 21, 2026. | DHS OIG via AP

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees were held in small metal cages, federal report says

The cages, usd as “calming areas,” did not meet standards for humane treatment, the report said.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

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Trucks come and go from the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades on Aug. 28, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP file

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees transferred out for hurricane season

All detainees were sent to other immigration centers, but the future of “Alligator Alcatraz” is unknown.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

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Florida Highway Patrol officers watch Gov. Ron DeSantis arrive at a news conference about a recent immigration enforcement operation, at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations, May 1, 2025, in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Florida immigration arrests surge; state and local agencies at the forefront

The surge has largely remained under the radar, with many immigration arrests starting as police traffic stops.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

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A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York on June 10, 2025. | Yuki Iwamura, AP file

Teenage Mexican migrant dies in ICE custody in Florida

The 19-year-old migrant, held in Glades County, “died of presumed suicide,” ICE said.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

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Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, 20, a U.S. citizen, hugs his mother in Tallahassee after his release from jail on Thursday, April 17, 2025. | Thomas Kennedy via AP

FHP arrests US citizen on immigration charge

Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez was arrested just over the Georgia border and was held despite having a birth certificate.…

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press