Florida

Sea snails and shells play a fundamental ecological role in coastal ecosystems. And they’re disappearing

A class action suit denounces a new policy requiring all undocumented immigrants to remain in detention for their entire removal proceedings, which can take months or years

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she is looking to open new prisons near airports to facilitate deportations

The consequences of Trump’s immigration policy are also economic — without their primary breadwinners, family members are losing everything they worked so hard to achieve

Pedro Lorenzo Concepción confirms to EL PAÍS that he continues to refuse food, and that authorities simply transferred him to another detention center in Florida this weekend

Michael B. Fernández has been anonymously funding a campaign against the Trump administration’s immigration agenda for months. Now he says he wants to enter politics

A judge will decide on August 8 on the end of the protections contemplated in the Flores Agreement, which ensures the basic rights and services that children must receive but which Trump wants to eliminate

This Florida park combines rides with guided trails to see gorillas, tigers, monkeys, Komodo dragons, and immense bats. Its 230 hectares are home to 5,000 animals of 300 different species, and its highlights include the safari and its hospital

Official data reveals that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown has focused on the southern states over the past five months

Pedro Lorenzo Concepción has been in the controversial Florida detention center since July 9. He decided to stop eating nine days ago to protest his detention and that of many others like him

Some detainees accuse authorities of ‘almost forcing’ them to sign agreements to be expelled

In Florida, where immigrants make up 40% to 75% of senior care workers, the president’s campaign of mass deportations has led to a labor shortage

Items such as clothing, computers, and school supplies can be purchased with no taxes during this time

The 12-time world champion, TV personality and MAGA supporter has passed away at his home in Clearwater, Florida

Faced with an explosion of new cases and a much more aggressive administration, the fewer than 20,000 specialized lawyers in the US are on the verge of collapse, but they continue working to defend their clients

Recent arrivals are experiencing a ‘perfect storm.’ On one hand, the Republican Party has aligned itself against immigrants; on the other, the Cuban-American community is no longer united

Their father says they haven’t been able to see their lawyer since their arrest two weeks ago. Fourteen Mexicans are detained at the Trump immigration center

Over the course of a month, EL PAÍS followed the daily lives of several men held in a prison for foreigners that they call a ‘living hell.’ Speaking from the inside, they described the appalling conditions, the climate of fear, and the lives that have been taken from them by Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade

Seven states have passed or are attempting to pass their own immigration laws. All have been blocked, suspended, or are pending litigation for unconstitutionally legislating within an exclusive jurisdiction of the federal administration

The Department of Commerce asserts that Mexican exporters engage in unfair trade practices that have affected US farmers

While authorities insist that no one will be turned away based on immigration status, recent local-federal enforcement deals are fueling mistrust

Immigrants at Florida’s Everglades detention center speak out about ‘abusive’ treatment, one week after its opening

Intense immigration operations are leaving farms empty and crops abandoned. Farmers warn that the crisis could collapse an essential industry

The rise of televangelist Paula White in the president’s circle propels a religious movement that links faith with economic success

Around half of the country’s Hispanic population worries they or someone close to them could be deported, compared to only 15% of whites

The 75-year-old man, who spent his days in a Miami park and had a fragile heart, was detained by immigration agents on June 5 and died on June 26 from causes still under investigation

In the past six months, 11 people have died in facilities operated by the federal agency, with five of those deaths occurring in the region — where a new prison has opened in the Everglades