The hundreds of thousands of Haitians who've lost their TPS shield against being deported to a country ruled by murderous gangs are in virtual hiding in cities like North Miami, where mothers "pray my children don't see me taken by ICE when I have to pick them up at school."

Using a controversial rule adopted during the wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, FIU disciplined students taking part in a silent, three-minute T-shirt protest against FIU's ICE partnership - even though its own staff confirmed the demonstration caused no disruption. In the free speech lawsuit that followed, a federal judge sided with the students. FIU now says it's weighing its next legal move.

A years-old case against Miami city leaders by former police chief Art Acevedo has cleared a major hurdle, and made a case for government accountability.

After an unconfirmed media report this week that 95-year-old Cuban leader Raúl Castro is on life support in Havana, Miami is abuzz with rumors reminiscent of the decade of bogus news that preceded his brother Fidel's death in 2016. "For younger Cubans and more recently arrived Cuban exiles in Miami, Raúl is their dictator. Raúl is their Fidel," said one observer.