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A short film about 1990s Haitian refugees in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay aims to engage younger Haitian Americans with their parents’ past trauma during an era of strict U.S. immigration policies reshaping Haitians place in American society.
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Maria Elena Hernandez is among seven people asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration from ending the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, program.
FLORIDA NEWS
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The freeze affects a wide range of programs — from academic enrichment and English-language instruction to summer school and after school care.
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Floyd Dean Devasier, 63, of Katy, Texas, was arrested Thursday for hiring or leasing property with intent to defraud. The charge stems from an incident that began earlier in the week when Devasier rented a 26.5-foot Panga-style vessel from Beach Weekend Key West Marina on Stock Island.
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State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, along with state Reps. Dr. Anna V. Eskamani, D-Orlando, Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Michele Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, said they were not allowed to tour the facility off Tamiami Trail in the Everglades when they made a July 3 surprise visit.
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