This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.

Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is seeking to adopt immigration enforcement policies to assist President Donald Trump illegal immigration crackdown.

Legislation introduced by Illinois Senate Republicans looks to require local authorities to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and undo the state’s TRUST Act.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to NBC News that federal agents arrested more than 500 people in a single day.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has cleared legislation named for President Donald Trump that would empower Florida law enforcement to administer immigration law. Sen. Joe Gruters, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Florida, carried the bill.

President Trump's priorities of immigration enforcement and promoting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal lead the political agenda in Washington.

At the heart of the discussion was to what extent city police are legally able to assist immigration officials under Senate Bill 54, a California law that restricts the role local law enforcement can play in immigration enforcement but also has allowances for working with federal officers to address violent criminals.

Amid unconfirmed reports that 5,120 Jamaicans with questionable antecedents are targeted for removal in raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Jamaican Government has indicated the National Security Council is fine-tuning its response while at the same time assuring that there is ongoing dialogue between the Administration and its American counterparts.

In a state where roughly one in every five residents is an immigrant, the legislation would require every level of government — as well as government contractors — to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “to the fullest extent possible.

One of DeSantis’ key legislative allies, Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, pressed Gruters on why the bill shifts law enforcement powers away from the Governor, especially when certain actions, like suspending elected officials who won’t enforce the law, must still go to the Governor for final action anyway.