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Hours after the Florida Legislature passed one of the nation’s strictest immigration bills, Hernan, a college student from central Florida, found himself in a state of anxiety and paranoia. His biggest worry: paying his college tuition.
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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States. Under the agreement announced Wednesday by Arévalo, the deportees would be returned to their home countries at U.S. expense.
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Miramar, is holding a “Tele-Town Hall” on Thursday to help immigrants understand their rights at a time when the Trump administration is carrying out the biggest deportation plan in U.S. history.
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Some church leaders raise concerns about religious freedom and say the change is making people afraid to come in and worship.
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Conservative Spanish parliament member Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo, in Miami to receive a democracy award, said her government — and President Trump's — should get tougher on Venezuela's brutal dictatorship.
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President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.
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The United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital.
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As the Trump administration continues to conduct immigration raids nationwide, Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien is now advising all immigrants to carry their documents to show their legal status.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised President Nayib Bukele’s “unprecedented, extraordinary” proposal to accept any convicted criminal deported by the United States.
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Trump's decision to remove temporary protected status means more than 500,000 Venezuelans may be forced to leave the United States. Venezuelan Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, call it a betrayal.
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On The Florida Roundup, Sen. Joe Gruters and Rep. Maxwell Frost offer insight on the legislation passed during the special session and the conflict between Gov. Ron DeSantis and some GOP lawmakers.
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As the GOP-controlled legislature considers contentious new immigration laws, in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants appears to be on the line. One previous recipient, now a primary care doctor in Miami, tells WLRN it was an educational lifeline that allowed her to give back to the community.