Legislation introduced by Illinois Senate Republicans looks to require local authorities to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and undo the state’s TRUST Act.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to NBC News that federal agents arrested more than 500 people in a single day.
Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is seeking to adopt immigration enforcement policies to assist President Donald Trump illegal immigration crackdown.
Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his goal of curbing illegal immigration.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised Wednesday to veto a sweeping immigration bill, in the latest escalation of a statehouse showdown between the governor and the state's Republican legislative leadership, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has cleared legislation named for President Donald Trump that would empower Florida law enforcement to administer immigration law. Sen. Joe Gruters, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Florida, carried the bill.
This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant in February of 2024.
At the heart of the discussion was to what extent city police are legally able to assist immigration officials under Senate Bill 54, a California law that restricts the role local law enforcement can play in immigration enforcement but also has allowances for working with federal officers to address violent criminals.
The Florida Legislature rejected some of Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposals for an immigration bill and, in the name of Donald Trump, introduced its own.
DeSantis said his office was not involved in discussions about the bill that passed Tuesday, which he called “weak, weak, weak.”