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Amaury Pacheco's work in the Cuban independent arts scene put him in the crosshairs of the Communist government. Now, he's building a new life in Miami under the Biden administration's historic humanitarian parole program.

WLRN has been examining the humanitarian parole immigration program for migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean in our series “Waiting for America.” The Biden Administration instituted the program a year ago in hopes of relieving the crisis at the southern border.

To overcome the challenges Nicaraguans face in accessing the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program, a U.S. network of grassroots volunteers has emerged, including here in South Florida.

Venezuelans were the first to receive Biden's humanitarian parole — and while some call it a "miracle" ticket out of their crisis, others say they've grown impatient waiting for it.

Panama and Costa Rica are facing a huge increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap. So the two countries have announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border.

“This decision is a blatant betrayal of the very principles that United States claims to uphold — justice, compassion, and human rights,” said Krizia López Arce, a spokesperson for the Miami−based group, in a statement Friday. The coalition represents more than 50 statewide groups supporting immigrants.

The president of the Dominican Republic says he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday despite a flurry of last-minute meetings to prevent him from taking such action.

The president of the Dominican Republic says he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he is threatening to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute.

As more Cubans enter the U.S. over the southern border, more are seeking asylum — but an immigration panel has ruled that disqualifies them from fast-track residence.

President Joe Biden is hosting his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, at the White House. They're discussing strengthening an agreement between the two countries on possible legal pathways for the increasing numbers of Central American migrants arriving to the U.S. southern border.

A month after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office announced a crackdown on driver’s licenses that would not be honored in Florida, under a new law targeting undocumented immigrants, the list is down to certain types of licenses from just Connecticut and Delaware.

Florida’s new immigration law includes penalties for employers who hire people who aren’t legally authorized to work in the U.S. Although, seasonal workers are not specifically mentioned in the law.