Angie Nixon

The lawsuit, brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Americans for Immigrant Justice, alleges systemic abuse at the facility. According to the complaint, ICE has used the Miramar building since October 2025 to hold individuals for days at a time, violating the agency's own policy limiting holds of detainees to 12 hours.

Nixon: ‘They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I’m not going any damn place.’

U.S. Senate hopeful Angie Nixon and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz condemned ICE officials for unlawfully detaining people for up to several days at a time in overcrowded cells, failing to provide proper medical attention and granting detainees limited access to legal counsel.

Democratic Senate candidate did not enter guilty plea, and the state will dismiss the charges against her upon completion of the conditions.

The Ocasio-Cortez endorsement comes after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the nation's most influential liberal and progressive voice, announced his support of Nixon.

"Despite our finding that the money was misappropriated, we find insufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally," the grand jury report concludes. Hope Florida is a charity linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis.

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, joined the Democratic Socialists of America in June. She said she doesn’t support all of its policies.

Although Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon’s ties with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) appear limited, the Republican Party of Florida appears determined to use that association to paint her as unelectable.

Former University of South Florida political scientist Susan MacManus says Angie Nixon has to continue to take her case to the voters in person, while combating the Democratic socialist" label Republicans are already lobbing at her.

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Angie Nixon's "decades of experience as an organizer enabled her to build a powerful grassroots campaign — a rainbow coalition of labor and community groups."

In an interview on MS NOW's Morning Joe the day after her primary win with host Joe Scarborough, Nixon addressed a wide range of topics going into her race in November against Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.

Nixon, backed by progressive figures, has championed policies like universal healthcare. Her victory is seen as a sign of growing momentum for progressives in the region.