The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear.

Even as DeSantis called the new bill "weaker," legislative Republicans pushed their legislation through the committee process Monday.

Federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested 2,373 illegal immigrants nationwide in President Donald Trump’s first week in office, according to a review of government data.

The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have stepped up their detention of unauthorized immigrants, taking more than 500 people into custody on Thursday, almost twice the average number of daily arrests late last year.

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had entered the U.S. illegally, is the first legislative win of Trump's second term.

DeSantis has suggested he would veto the legislation rolled out on Monday by leaders of the Florida Legislature.

But Republican ... defendant’s immigration status before any bail or pretrial release is considered; offers $500 million for local law enforcement to “fight illegal immigration;” and expands ...

Republicans push for stronger immigration enforcement, while Democrats counter with legislation to counter Trump's executive orders. Public safety and cooperation with federal immigration officers are key issues.

Hours after being sworn in, President Trump fulfilled his campaign promises to crackdown on illegal immigration. The President declared an emergency at the southern border, and as a result, there have already been many changes to policy.

They rejected Mr. DeSantis’s call for a special session on illegal immigration ... pandemic in 2020 turned the governor into a national Republican hero. Mr. DeSantis leveraged his new standing ...

Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump's plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.