On Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a joint operation with federal immigration officers in Jefferson County to round up 12 people believed to be in the country illegally, one of a number of raids performed around the country as the Trump administration ramps up its plans for mass deportation.

Here are some helpful tips and recommendations from local immigration lawyers, nonprofits, and coalitions in the North Bay as Trump’s immigration policies continue to tighten.

ICE announced 1,016 arrests and 814 detainers in the latest of a series of daily enforcement updates since President Trump took office last week.

President Donald Trump has signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.

In a display of force aimed at increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s largest city, where sanctuary policies limit cooperation with ICE.

As the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on immigrants who are in the country illegally, officials and agencies took to social media to publicize the arrests.

Immigration experts say the actions send a clear message and are already affecting immigrants in the country. "What is particularly evident already about these actions is the confusion, fear,

President Donald Trump could soon deploy thousands of additional troops to the southern border, following through his campaign promise of a sweeping immigration crackdown. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors have reportedly been directed to investigate officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts and eliminate restrictions on arrests at schools,

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they have arrested nearly 1,000 people daily as part of President Trump's immigration crackdown. The daily arrest numbers are more than doubling President Biden's 2024 fiscal year daily average.