“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.
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.
An aerial view of Biscayne Bay surrounding Hibiscus Island in Miami, where a barge struck a sail boat on Monday, injuring at least four children who were rescued from the water.
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.
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.
The alert, issued to retired service members who served in Iraq or Syria and live in Florida, did not specify what kind of threat or which terrorist group was involved.
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.
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