The Miami immigration courthouse will reopen Monday more than six months after shutting it doors and as COVID cases continue to rise in the state.
In an announcement Thursday, the Executive Office for Immigration Review,a sub-agency of the United States Department of Justice whose chief function is to conduct deportation proceedings in immigration courts, said the government will resume in-person hearings. Face masks will be required in all waiting rooms, corridors and courtrooms, the statement said. Children under 2 and people with certain medical conditions that prevent them from wearing a mask are exempt.
The sudden reopening of the Miami immigration courthouse — located at 333 S. Miami Ave. — comes as COVID-19 cases rose to the most Florida has tallied in a single day since Sept. 19, according to the Florida Department of Health. The single-day case count on Thursday — 3,356— is the most Florida has reported since mid-September, bringing the state’s known case total to 744,988 and resident death toll to 15,736.
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