Jackie Llanos

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

Protest happening at the Leon County jail where Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, who was born in the U.S. , is being held after his arrest for illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien.”

During the shutdown, DHS has posted more than 200 times on X. Last shutdown, the agency put out fewer than 10 posts. Read @christadutton.bsky.social and my latest in agencies’ use of social media www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Local officials know they can’t completely stave off ongoing ICE raids, but they’re taking new approaches to push back as much as they can. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Trump admin moving to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31, per new filing in federal court. www.notus.org/immigration/...

A federal judge stopped ICE from enacting a policy to transfer immigrant detainees from children shelters to adult detention as soon as they turn 18. But in at least one case, ICE took custody of a young man living in a shelter on his 18th birthday. www.notus.org/immigration/...

CoreCivic announced 3 contracts worth nearly $300 million this week that will boost the Trump admin’s capacity to hold immigrants in detention centers across the country. Details here: www.notus.org/immigration/...

First story for @notus.com about the Trump admin's departure from previous shutdown procedures relating to immigration courts. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Today's my last day at Florida Phoenix. Covering politics in Florida has been an extremely rewarding way to start my career. I've met so many inspiring people in the Capitol press corps. Thank you to everyone who has trusted me to share their stories over the past 2 years!

Deportation flights have started at the state-run immigrant detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday. 100 people held at the notorious site in an old airstrip have been deported, DeSantis said. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/25/d...

ICE arrests of people without criminal charges or convictions in Florida rose by more than 450% this June compared to last year. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/24/i...

Gov. Ron DeSantis this week has been promoting his commitment to Everglades restoration amid the backlash and legal challenges to his construction of an immigrant detention center on an airstrip in the wetland ecosystem. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/18/d...