Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to Know

Down in the Florida Everglades, state-level lawmakers and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decided to build a new detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) housing of apprehended illegal immigrants awaiting processing and deportation. Utilizing Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) funds, the facility is expected to hold up to 1,000 people, and is

A Cuban girl, 10, was to join her mom in Miami. Then Trump’s travel ban happened

Miami — Ten-year-old Sofia of Havana recently recorded a plea for President Trump, asking him to reconsider the partial travel ban he issued for Cuba and several other countries earlier this month.  “President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,” Sofia says in her video posted to social media.  Sofia’s mother,

L.A. immigration detention facilities a “ticking time bomb,” immigration lawyer says

Los Angeles — Outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, a 26-year-old man stood waiting, hoping to deliver blood pressure medicine to his father, who was detained last Thursday by federal immigration officials.   The man, who asked that CBS News not use his name, said his father needs to take the