Immigration

Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in large numbers as human smuggling operations ramp up, outpacing last year’s migration waves.

More than 100 Haitian migrants came ashore in the Florida Keys, gathering outside an oceanfront home about 20 miles north of Key West. It's the second time in about two weeks that a large group of Haitian migrants has come ashore in the Keys.

Delivering on one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities, the Florida House on Wednesday passed an immigration bill targeting transportation companies that bring undocumented immigrants into the state and expanding a 2019 law that sought to ban so-called “sanctuary cities.”

An overloaded wooden boat carrying hundreds of Haitian migrants in a suspected human smuggling operation ran aground in shallow water in the Florida Keys, where 163 people jumped overboard and swam ashore.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez held a roundtable discussion on immigration in Miami at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora.

Ten Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Commissioners in Florida's Miami-Dade County have given a nonprofit the green light to issue IDs for immigrants who are in the country illegally and others who don’t have identification.

The sole survivor of a suspected human smuggling boat that capsized off the coast of Florida says at least 15 other migrants tried to cling to the overturned vessel but couldn't hold on, some desperately tired and hungry when they let go. He said a baby girl and other children were in the group as well.

The Coast Guard says it has found four more bodies in its search for nearly 40 migrants lost at sea off the east coast of Florida after their boat capsized in severe weather over the weekend, bringing the death toll to five. Officials said they plan to call off their active search for survivors at sunset on Thursday.

The U.S. Coast Guard says that its crews have recovered one body and continue to search for 38 other people who were in a suspected human smuggling boat that capsized off the east coast of Florida over the weekend.

The U.S. Coast Guard says rescue crews are searching for survivors after a suspected human smuggling vessel reportedly capsized off the east coast of Florida.

All Florida government agencies would be prohibited from doing business with transportation companies that bring immigrants who are in the country illegally into the state under a priority bill for Gov. DeSantis.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 176 Haitian migrants from an overloaded sailboat that was taking on water as it approached the Florida Keys before dawn on Monday. Ten people, including children, had to be taken to the hospital for dehydration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called for state lawmakers to "fight against the Biden border crisis” by passing legislation to expand a law targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” and to bolster E-Verify employment rules.