Sen. Ashley Moody

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.

They also announced a billboard campaign — one on I-95 in Miami and the other on the Selmon Connector in Tampa — to publicly call on Moody and fellow Republican Sen. Rick Scott to protect Haitian immigrants who recently lost Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

In the years since officials in his administration directed the secretive disbursement of the $10 million, the governor has continued to elevate and promote many of the key actors involved, helping them climb to some of the most powerful positions of trust in the state. Here’s what the grand jury found about their role in the Hope Florida scandal and where they are now.

"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.

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.

Angie Nixon, a progressive state lawmaker from Jacksonville, whose pointed and passionate criticism of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis generated headlines and made her a symbol of political resistance, won the Democratic primary of U.S. Senate on Tuesday, the Associated Press called.

The primary for governor could set the direction for both parties in the state. A longstanding rivalry between DeSantis and President Donald Trump broadly shapes the Republican contest, while moderate and progressive candidates compete to guide beleaguered state Democrats out of their electoral doldrums.

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody was then Florida’s attorney general, and her office approved the settlement. The deal said $10 million would be donated to the Hope Florida Foundation.

As progressives rack up victories in other parts of the country against moderate Democrats, Florida’s Aug. 18 primary could prove a big test for that movement.

The 287(g) agreement lets Miami police ask people about their immigration status and detain individuals found to be in violation of immigration law.