migrant smuggling

Thousands have returned since immigration policies tightened under President Trump. Unable to afford safer routes, migrants are taking dangerous boat journeys from Panama to Colombia. The United Nations has urged authorities to protect these migrants from criminal networks.

Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, who had been living in Sebring, Florida, was sentenced in Miami federal court, according to court records. She pleaded guilty in January to conspiring to smuggle people into the U.S.

A Republican-controlled Senate Committee a bill that would bolster Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to send migrants to “sanctuary” cities and states.

The grand jury was impaneled at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who called the smuggling of undocumented immigrants as an “escalating threat.”

The American dream remains a compelling tale among migrants south of the border. The objective has shifted, though. For many, simply trying to stay alive is what's driving them.

A vessel carrying as many as 60 people people capsized off the coast of the Bahamas. The islands have seen a recent increase in human smuggling incidents, as Haitians flee dire conditions back home.

Today on the South Florida Roundup, we discussed this week's biggest topics — from the deadly journey for more than three dozen migrants to the growing affordable housing crisis.

The sole survivor of a capsized boat found off Florida’s coast was a young Colombian man traveling with his younger sister, Colombia’s government said Friday. Authorities in Florida have found five bodies and believe 34 others also died in the migrant voyage.

U.S. Coast Guard aircrews and emergency personnel search for possible migrants in the water after a makeshift boat capsized about 75 yards off Shacks Beach in Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced that it will suspend its search for victims of last weekend’s boat tragedy off the Florida coast.

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

The Coast Guard Friday brought 15 people — a suspected smuggler and 14 would-be migrants — to Miami for "further investigation and possible…