Biden Administration

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.

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said, "The agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019." By the commonly used outlays measure, his claim is close. We found it half true.

The lawsuit challenges a federal law that requires colleges and universities to submit to private accreditors to qualify for federal funding.

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities.

COMMENTARY Marco Rubio warns us the Trump indictment threatens U.S. democracy, but he's fine with praising Nayib Bukele — who's threatening democracy in El Salvador.

A federal judge has sided with the state of Florida over the Biden administration's immigration policies at the U.S. Southern Border.

President Joe Biden is welcoming Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the White House for wide-ranging talks. The leaders are expected to discuss efforts to safeguard democracy, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and climate change, including efforts to stem deforestation of the Amazon.

With an eye toward the 2024 campaign, President Joe Biden is venturing to Florida. It's a state defined by its growing retiree population and status as the unofficial headquarters of the modern-day Republican Party.

The Biden administration is encouraging ordinary U.S. citizens to help resettle refugees, via the newly launched sponsorship program Welcome Corps in partnership with non-profit organizations.

On this week's South Florida Roundup, we had a special live edition of WLRN’s Detention By Design, a podcast series that traced the history of immigration detention in the U.S. to South Florida. We covered the current wave of migration, the Biden administration’s new parole program and gave some historical context to today's crisis.

South Florida's Haitian-American Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick tells WLRN how President Biden’s humanitarian parole program impacts Haitians, migrants and asylum seekers — while families discuss the stress of going through it.