During the afternoon’s Senate floor session, Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) was the lone Republican to vote against a bill that would create a centralized immigration enforcement division, a state deportation czar and a grant program for local law enforcement to set up detainment agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
Nearly every provision of the Trump Act can be supported by Floridians of all political stripes and regions across the state yet one: the near-term termination of the in-state tuition for current college students,
At least 15 immigration-related bills were filed in Indiana's 2025 legislative session, which come at the same time as action from the White House.
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.
Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is seeking to adopt immigration enforcement policies to assist President Donald Trump illegal immigration crackdown.
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.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised Wednesday to veto a sweeping immigration bill, in the latest escalation of a statehouse showdown between the governor and the state's Republican legislative leadership, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, was back on Capitol Hill facing a second Senate panel in as many days as he vies for confirmation to lead a nearly $2 trillion agency.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to NBC News that federal agents arrested more than 500 people in a single day.
Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his goal of curbing illegal immigration.
President Trump's priorities of immigration enforcement and promoting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal lead the political agenda in Washington.