Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on March 5, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

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

Andrea Reyes is a Jacksonville immigration attorney who expects a local ordinance that can send undocumented immigrants to jail for up to 60 days will be challenged in court. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. |AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Jacksonville City Council members Nick Howland, left, and Jimmy Peluso discuss a local immigration law on The Florida Roundup on Friday, April 4, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Mayor Donna Deegan announces Wednesday, April 2, 2025, that she is allowing a controversial immigration bill to take effect without her signature. | News4Jax

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier commends Jacksonville's City Council for passing an immigration enforcement bill. Uthmeier spoke Thursday, March 27, 2025, in St. Johns County. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville City Hall | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

Teen worker Courtney Collins, 19, makes a drink at Harvest Moon Coffee & Chocolates in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 2021. | Kristina Serafini, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP

Photo: Claire Heddles, Jacksonville Today

Councilman Rory Diamond, seen here Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

House Speaker Rep. Daniel Perez, left, and Senate President Ben Albritton react as Gov. Ron DeSantis gives his State of the State address to a joint session on the opening day of the 2025 legislative session, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters speaks at a news conference.

The Florida Legislature. | Gary McCullough, AP

A general view of the Old Capitol and current Florida Capitol buildings on Feb. 8, 2023, in Tallahassee. | Phil Sears, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses illegal immigration during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Jacksonville. He is flanked by Rep. Kiyan Michael, R-Jacksonville, and Sheriff T.K. Waters. | Ron DeSantis, Facebook

Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session to deal with immigration, condo law and other issues. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Venezuelan immigrant Grecia Pacheco, a senior at Florida International University, spent four months in Washington, D.C., reporting on the presidential election for the school's news venue Caplin News. Having arrived in the U.S. as an asylum seeker, she now faces an incoming president determined to deport people like her. | Courtesy of Grecia Pacheco

The Baker County Sheriff's Office and Jail facility. | Google

Brothers Leo, left, and Diego Dulanto Falcon talk about their experience growing up undocumented. The two applied for and were accepted into the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was created in 2012 and gives them temporary relief from deportation and opportunities to work. | Nancy Guan, WUSF

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at a town hall meeting. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

Federal investigators raided the Kamiya restaurant last week. | News4Jax