Biden Administration

During an interview Friday on WLRN's South Florida Roundup, former Miami Congressman Joe Garcia commented on the recent developments surrounding the Biden Administration lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba. Garcia helped push for this behind the scenes.

A federal judge has ruled that immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 states aren't entitled to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The decision limits an effort by the Biden administration to help young adults brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

A search for a solution to the crisis in Haiti is growing more urgent as gangs gain territory and thousands more flee their homes.

A week after one of the worst gang massacres in Haitian history, another gang has besieged the strategic coastal town of Arcahaie, threatening even greater expansion of criminal control throughout Haiti.

The Biden administration is restarting an immigration program that allows migrants from 4 countries to come to the United States. The administration said Thursday that it's now including “additional vetting” of their U.S.-based financial sponsors following fraud concerns.

Venezuelan electoral authorities declared President Nicolás Maduro winner of the 2024 presidential election held July 28. The opposition candidate, the U.S. and international leaders are questioning the results. Some Republican senators are blaming the election outcome on the Biden administration’s lifting of sanctions.

President Biden’s decision to close the border to asylum-seekers throws a spotlight on one of the most divisive issues ahead of the November ballot: immigration

President Joe Biden is trying to increase trade with Latin America. The Democrat is meeting with the heads of the Dominican Republic and Chile as part of a broader effort to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing.

When asked about the Rickenbacker, which served as a vivid backdrop on a spectacular sunny day, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged that transportation facilities vulnerable to hurricanes could rank higher in what he said were very competitive requests for funding.

While Venezuela remains South America's worst economic and political catastrophe, its people insist there's little the U.S. can do to deter them from making the journey here.

Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 9.3% in December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office. That rate fell from 8.5% in January 2021, the month Joe Biden was sworn in, to 4.9% in August 2023.

City of Doral Councilwoman and immigration attorney Maureen Porras tells WLRN what the extension and expansion of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) means to the South Florida community that is home to the nation's largest Venezuelan community.