He Immigration debate in Florida concludes this year 2025 characterized by legislative initiatives and complaints from international organizations and hundreds of stories revealing the impact of current policies. State authorities, political figures and human rights groups experienced a week marked by announcements, tensions and accusations A December full of discussions.
The state authorities went ahead with a Legislative package The aim is to deny people without legal status access to services managed by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Florida.
How detailed Fox Newsthe CFO Blaise Ingoglia presented a number of priorities to be pursued Strengthen controls and consolidate a more rigorous approach within the systems monitored by the Department of Financial Services.
But the official insisted that the Sunshine State had already taken comprehensive measures to limit the presence of undocumented immigrants in government programs warned that there were still legal gaps that could be used for a possible change in political course.
The key points of his proposal include:
Ingoglia remembered this 26 undocumented people were arrested for financial services-related crimes and claimed that Florida “You have to keep your foot on the accelerator.” to prevent the arrival of new migrants.
A report from Amnesty Internationalcreated after a reconnaissance mission in September 2025, revealed Worrying conditions in two centers Immigrant detention centers: the Everglades Detention Facility – known as “Alligator Alcatraz” – and the Krome North Service Processing Center. The organization announced this Abuses, which in some cases amounted to torture, were recorded at both facilities.
In Alligator Alcatraz, interviews with prisoners revealed:
In the case of Krome, which is managed by a private company, the witnesses unanimously pointed out:
For Amnesty International, these situations are part of one “intentional system of punishment and dehumanization”exacerbated by the political climate in the state following the passage of what were considered extreme immigration laws in February 2025.
In parallel to the complaints about the conditions in the prisons, Democratic representatives in Tallahassee presented Projects aimed at limiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reliance on executive orders on immigration issues.
Last week, DeSantis extended the state of emergency which is valid from 2023a measure his team justified as necessary as long as there are undocumented people in Florida.
The orders, which can be renewed every 60 days, allow:
The projects presented include: immediate end to the state of emergencyA strict limits on the number of extensions allowed and the creation of one Database that documents government immigration measures. However, the possibility of them advancing in a Republican-dominated local legislature is uncertain.
As reported The new herald, 58 children were expelled from Florida to Guatemala and other countriesafter his parents were deported. Seven of them flew out of Miami International Airport last Thursday, December 4, accompanied by volunteers who accompanied them to meet their parents.
The minors were between three and 15 years old. Three were American citizenswhile others four had grown up in Lake Worth Beachan established Guatemalan community in Palm Beach.
The Maya-Guatemalan Center organized the trips, managed the funds for the tickets and processed documents, including powers of attorney for more than 200 minors whose parents feared imprisonment.
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