A 23-year-old man was arrested in Ponte Vedra Beach on Aug. 4, 2026, after fleeing Florida Highway Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who attempted to pull him over on State Road A1A, according to his arrest report.
The U.S. has deported more than 160 people to Haiti for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.
An immigration attorney says the detention of a St. Johns County school custodian by federal immigration authorities highlights the risks facing immigrants who have no criminal record but whose legal status has changed.
The St. Johns Educational Support Professional Association said it learned that Leonel Armando Bolivar Linares was detained by ICE officers on Aug. 6 while on his way to work. The union described him as “a dedicated custodian in our public schools” and urged members to share his story and contact ICE. In a statement provided to News4JAX, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Bolivar Linares, “an illegal alien of Venezuela,” was arrested by ICE officers in Jacksonville during targeted operations on Aug. 6.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.
Two sons of a man shot by immigration officers in Houston have told members of Congress about the horror and confusion of learning their father had been killed.
Three people in the country illegally were sentenced in federal court and transferred to immigration authorities for immediate deportation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced.
Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and Maine's Independent senator are demanding more details from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about vetting practices for new agents.
A rally in downtown Jacksonville was held after Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, a 28-year-old man, died while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in St. Johns County. The Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance organized the event, demanding an end to the 287(g) agreement, an independent investigation, broader ICE accountability, and protection for immigrant rights defenders. Community members expressed outrage and fear, highlighting concerns over local law enforcement's role in immigration enforcement. Florida Highway Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating the incident.
Renata Castro, an immigration attorney and founding member of “USA 4 ALL,” joined us on The Morning Show to discuss the growing debate over ICE enforcement and the fact that many Americans seem to have a problem with how the administration carries out its deportations and immigration stops.
People in St. Johns County are demanding answers after authorities said a man died this week when he ran from ICE agents into the path of a tractor-trailer on State Road 16.
Markwayne Mullin is facing his first major test as Homeland Security secretary after three people were killed in encounters with ICE officers in less than a week.
Dozens held a candlelight vigil along SR-16 in St. Johns County after FHP says a 28-year-old died running from an ICE/HSI encounter into traffic; DHS confirmed an operation.
A 28-year-old Mexican national died after being struck by a semi-truck while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in St. Johns County, prompting a temporary nationwide directive from the Department of Homeland Security and spurring local activists to organize a rally at the Duval County courthouse.
President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after two deadly shootings within a week, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them.
The Department of Homeland Security shared a brief update Wednesday morning after an operation in St. Johns County turned deadly on Tuesday.
Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A pedestrian was hit by a semi and killed Tuesday morning on State Road 16 near I-95, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.
The death of a man who was fleeing federal immigration agents in Florida is at least the 10th fatality linked to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The son of a Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston says he was a hardworking father who had been working toward a work permit after 35 years in the U.S. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving to a construction job Tuesday morning when he was killed.
A poll worker says two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s party primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
A 41-year-old mother of four pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to punching a Florida Highway Patrol trooper and kicking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and will have three years of supervised release.
Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refusing to pay wages for detainees’ “voluntary work."
Florida’s controversial immigration detention center, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” is expected to close as early as June, according to a report from The New York Times.
The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections.
Bradford County commissioners are meeting Thursday night to decide whether to move forward with a plan to convert a county-owned warehouse into a temporary ICE detention facility capable of housing up to 3,000 detainees.
Residents in Bradford County are pushing back against a proposal that could bring another immigration detention facility to Northeast Florida.
Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide.
A series of rallies and gatherings this week outside the Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville aims to draw attention to a Venezuelan woman’s months-long immigration case.
Jacksonville city officials recently submitted documents to the Florida attorney general’s office following a criminal subpoena related to immigration enforcement.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday announced that he sent a “criminal subpoena” to the administration of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, questioning the city’s immigration enforcement.
A beloved teacher at Hesse K-8 School in Savannah was killed in a crash early Monday morning near the school, authorities confirmed.
A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office that handles legal proceedings could open in downtown Jacksonville amid nationwide expansion efforts, according to a new report by WIRED.
Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday announced that he sent a “criminal subpoena” to the administration of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, questioning the city’s immigration enforcement.
A United States Senator has called on All Elite Wrestling Owner Tony Khan to recruit Bad Bunny to AEW following an anti-ICE chant controversy.
A Florida immigration attorney is raising concerns about what she describes as widespread overcrowding, delays and civil rights violations inside the state’s immigration detention system.
Macario Pablo-Reyes, 49, has been held for weeks at the Baker County Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sometimes referred to as the “Deportation Depot.”
Dozens of high schoolers at Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville walked out of their lunch periods Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), gathering on the school’s football field with signs and chanting “ICE out.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”.
The Florida Department of Education sent out a memo Tuesday to statewide school districts, warning staff members against encouraging student protests.
Families of detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can track their location online, but for those housed at “Deportation Depot” or “Alligator Alcatraz,” it may take longer to appear in the system. However, a new Florida bill aims to change that.
Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns.
Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don't agree to restrict President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.
Border Czar Tom Homan will hold a news conference Thursday morning in Minneapolis amid rising tensions over immigration enforcement.
A woman accused of punching a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper and kicking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a traffic stop on Beach Boulevard is set to appear in court Monday morning for a detention hearing.
The City of Jacksonville said one of its employees has been placed on administrative leave after she posted a video on Wednesday talking about recent reports of increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across the area.
A woman accused of punching a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper and kicking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a traffic stop on Beach Boulevard last week will appear for a detention hearing Thursday afternoon after she was indicted this week by a federal grand jury.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released Wednesday the arrest report of a woman accused of punching a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper and kicking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at a parking lot on Beach Boulevard last week.
The State Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has revealed new details involving the arrest of a Jacksonville woman who was recently arrested following an encounter between her, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE).
Protestors organized on Friday outside Jacksonville’s City Hall downtown to condemn recent operations by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and demanded that a city employee who was placed on leave following a controversial video be reinstated.
Bradford County’s plan to convert a vacant warehouse into an immigration detention center has passed its first major step.
The City of Jacksonville said one of its employees has been placed on administrative leave after she posted a video on Wednesday talking about recent reports of increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across the area.
The City of Jacksonville said one of its employees has been placed on administrative leave after she posted a video on Wednesday talking about recent reports of increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across the area.
Jacksonville's National Baptist Convention plans to challenge ICE operations today while Sheriff TK Waters defends agents' safety measures as necessary law enforcement practices.
Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.
Nearly 100 people rallied in downtown Jacksonville Thursday after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minnesota. Demonstrators marched between courthouses demanding justice and immigration reform.
The Trump administration is pausing immigration applications, including green cards, for people from 19 countries previously banned from travel.
Two Florida lawmakers filed new legislation on Thursday that would require law enforcement and immigration officers to display visible identification and prohibit the use of face coverings during public enforcement actions.
Marie Ange Blaise and others who have died in ICE custody were honored in one of the altars that were featured at the 9th Annual Día de los Muertos event held at James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville.
A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration.
Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use requires more funding from Congress.
Federal prosecutors say three activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on charges of illegally “doxing” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
The Border Patrol agent who has led an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles has arrived in Chicago, possibly signaling a new phase in an enforcement surge announced last week.
Federal authorities say they've deliberately chosen a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people living illegally in the U.S. to self-deport.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will hold a news conference in Louisana Wednesday to announce the opening of a new immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Camp 47′.
Federal authorities are announcing what they’re calling “the largest law enforcement bust of precursor chemicals bound for a foreign terrorist organization” during a news conference in Pasadena on Wednesday morning.
The University of North Florida confirmed on Thursday that two of its police officers have begun online training with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its hiring efforts to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation goals.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its hiring efforts to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation goals.
News4JAX obtained a copy of two complaints that detail the experiences both detainees said they had while housed in solitary confinement in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Baker County Detention Center.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state officials are holding a news conference to announce the indictment of Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier.
Supporters of a popular Springfield coffee shop are calling for the release of its owner, who is currently being held in federal immigration custody.
The Department of Homeland Security has removed age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement.
The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said, sharply increasing the Trump administration’s ability to hold detained immigrants amid its ever-growing mass deportation efforts.
A diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country.
Immigration authorities are pressuring landlords to share tenant information, including leases and IDs.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Jacksonville on Friday to oppose plans for a new immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding, marking the latest pushback against Florida’s expanding detention infrastructure.
The plan to build an immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County is meeting with community pushback on the heels of the opening of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades.
A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”.
About two months later, data released by the New York Times shows that Florida is continuing its promise to aggressively enforce President Trump’s immigration policies, with ICE making nearly 10,000 arrests in the state since Trump took office.
President Donald Trump’s administration has sued Los Angeles, claiming the city is obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and creating a lawless environment.
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After Gov. Ron DeSantis named Camp Blanding Joint Training Center an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, a few residents sounded off about the possible new addition.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Clay County is among the locations being considered for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.
More than a dozen people were detained in a raid conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach early Thursday morning, according to the Fernandina Observer.
Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
A recent wave of hundreds of illegal immigrant arrests in Florida has one immigration attorney’s clients on edge as they legally navigate the citizenship process.
Efforts in Florida to enforce President Donald Trump’s immigration policy recently reached new heights as Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it arrested nearly 800 illegal immigrants as part of a “massive, multi-agency, immigration enforcement crackdown.”
