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.
An officer smashed the William Anthony McNeil Jr.’s driver’s side window and struck him in the face. Other officers pulled him out of the car and threw him on the ground.
An officer smashed the William Anthony McNeil Jr.’s driver’s side window and struck him in the face. Other officers pulled him out of the car and threw him on the ground.
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.
Local officials spent years trying to force Marvin Peavy to remove the giant pro-Trump banners from his home in the Florida Panhandle. This summer, Mr. Peavy is basking in victory.
Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.
Florida raced to open the Everglades detention center on July 3, eager to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown by providing more detention capacity.
Then-President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil with President Trump during a visit to the White House in 2019. In Mr. Trump’s first term, few world leaders were a more reliable ally than Mr. Bolsonaro.