As environmentalists made the case on Wednesday to stop operations, what was most striking was how many significant questions remained unanswered about the immigration detention center.
The Florida immigration detention center has come under much criticism since state and federal officials announced in June that Florida would become the first state to erect such a facility for immigration detainees.
Those killed on Friday were a bartender and three patrons, ranging in age from 59 to 74, the authorities said. The suspect fled into the nearby foothills.
“Deporting immigrants is cruel,” some of the ads against Cuban Americans in Congress read. Michael B. Fernández wanted to “wake up” Miami’s conscience.
Michael B. Fernández’s goal for the ad campaign is to help oust three Florida Republicans from Congress, who he says have failed to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Officials urged residents to go about their weekend as the authorities searched the foothills for the veteran suspected of killing four people in the town of Anaconda.
On Saturday, the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Someone had placed two small bouquets of flowers against a lamp post outside.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said that unauthorized immigrants could avoid being taken to the state-run detention center in the Everglades if they chose to self-deport.
James Uthmeier, the new attorney general, has followed an aggressive playbook similar to that of Gov. Ron DeSantis. “The guy’s got a future,” President Trump said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said hundreds of immigration detainees had departed a state-run detention center in the Everglades on planes, some for federal facilities, and others out of the country.
City commissioners said the move was meant to save money and improve turnout. Critics noted that it would give some city officials an extra year in office.
Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami is supposed to leave office at the end of this year because of term limits. He signed the approved ordinance into law.
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