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State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, along with state Reps. Dr. Anna V. Eskamani, D-Orlando, Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Michele Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, said they were not allowed to tour the facility off Tamiami Trail in the Everglades when they made a July 3 surprise visit.
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While a recent Justice Department memo prioritizes national security cases, it directs the department to “maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings in all cases permitted by law and supported by the evidence” across 10 broad priority categories.
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COMMENTARY The gang burning of one of Haiti's most iconic landmarks is more brazen destruction not just of the country — but of Haitians' self-esteem, which President Trump has also assailed.
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State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, said Wednesday that he’s accepted an invitation from the DeSantis administration to tour the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades.
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The Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.
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Jorge H. Martínez, owner of a small Mexican company near the U.S. border, has seen how President Donald Trump’s threats of steep tariffs have upended markets, bent geopolitics and thrown businesses into uncertainty.
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Key West City Commissioners — under pressure from Florida’s attorney general — reversed a decision that was praised by residents at a previous meeting and voted to reenter into a 287(g) immigration enforcement agreement between local police and federal officials. It would deputize and train local law enforcement as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
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The Florida Immigrant Coalition has commissioned a pair of billboards calling on Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to take state officials to court to shut down legal action against the now operational the immigration detention camp in the Everglades, a facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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Haiti's once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson has been burned down by gangs this past weekend. The beloved Gothic gingerbread home in Port-au-Prince that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to Haitian presidents. Hundreds mourned the news as it began to spread across social media.
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Environmental groups say Florida and feds are partners in Everglades detention center for immigrantsFriends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit seeking to close "Alligator Alcatraz," but the Trump administration has sought to distance the federal government from the project.
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In Florida, where the governor has promised to lead the immigration crackdown, increased arrests mirror the national trend, especially for those with no criminal background.
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The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.