A federal judge in Miami dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,

( NewsNation) — As the federal government continues large-scale deportations of undocumented migrants, the Trump administration has opened what it calls the largest federal immigration detention center in the country’s history.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned an order blocking Washington state from enforcing a law intended to boost oversight and improve living conditions at the state's only privately run, for-profit immigration detention facility.

Places considered neutral spaces by immigrants such as schools, hospitals and emergency management agencies are now suspect, and agreements by local law enforcement to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement make them more vulnerable, choosing between physical safety or avoiding detention.

The Republican Party of Florida removed deportation-themed shirts, hats and other merchandise from its website that featured a logo similar to Home Depot's after the retailer raised objections.

What will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Those immigration bond hearings will now take place at the Krome Detention Center, but despite that major change, attorneys for the ACLU allege those being held at the controversial detention center are still being denied access to their attorneys.

A Boulder-based company is playing a key role in the Trump administration’s growing immigration surveillance network. BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison giant Geo Group, manufactures the GPS-enabled ankle monitors now being required for thousands of immigrants under new directives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.