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A rip current statement in effect for Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami Dade Regions

IMMIGRATION


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Florida changes driver license, ID card renewal rules

Read full article: Florida changes driver license, ID card renewal rules

The state of Florida has announced important changes to issuance and renewal of Florida driver licenses and identification cards for non-immigrant individuals.

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Congresswomen: South Florida ICE facility staff ā€˜hostile’ to questions about Haitian woman’s death

Read full article: Congresswomen: South Florida ICE facility staff ā€˜hostile’ to questions about Haitian woman’s death

Two South Florida congresswomen toured an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Friday as questions mount over the death of a Haitian woman detained there.

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Operation Tidal Wave leads to Florida’s largest-ever immigration crackdown

Read full article: Operation Tidal Wave leads to Florida’s largest-ever immigration crackdown

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Miramar on Thursday morning.

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Investigation underway after Haitian woman dies at South Florida ICE facility

Read full article: Investigation underway after Haitian woman dies at South Florida ICE facility

An investigation is underway after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said a Haitian woman died at a South Florida federal facility.

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ā€˜Color me surprised and shocked’: Judge blasts Florida AG for defying order on immigration law

Read full article: ā€˜Color me surprised and shocked’: Judge blasts Florida AG for defying order on immigration law

A Miami federal judge excoriated Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and his legal team Tuesday for openly defying her order temporarily blocking a state immigration law.

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Federally-protected bird flies free in Key Biscayne after recovery; fisherman accused of injuring it gets deported

Read full article: Federally-protected bird flies free in Key Biscayne after recovery; fisherman accused of injuring it gets deported

After months of recovery from surgery, a great white heron that witnesses reported suffered a broken wing during a dispute with a fisherman was free on Thursday in Key Biscayne.

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Trump administration defies courts on deportees turned El Salvador inmates

Read full article: Trump administration defies courts on deportees turned El Salvador inmates

President Donald Trump’s administration faced yet another threat of contempt of court proceedings on Wednesday over deportations to El Salvador.

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Doral may soon join ICE in immigration enforcement partnership

Read full article: Doral may soon join ICE in immigration enforcement partnership

Doral leaders are expected to vote Wednesday evening on whether to approve a controversial partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement through the 287(g) program, which allows local law

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White House defends policies on immigration, university funding, tariffs

Read full article: White House defends policies on immigration, university funding, tariffs

The White House was dealing with changes in policies on tariffs, immigration, and activism at universities.

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Trump administration revokes visas of 18 FIU students

Read full article: Trump administration revokes visas of 18 FIU students

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of 18 students at Florida International University.

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Judge in Miami sentences woman who pleaded guilty in case of 16 Cubans dead at sea

Read full article: Judge in Miami sentences woman who pleaded guilty in case of 16 Cubans dead at sea

A judge in Miami federal court Friday sentenced a 26-year-old woman who admitted to helping smuggle a group of Cuban migrants -- including a 9-month-old baby, children, and teenagers -- who died at sea.

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Gainesville police video shows UF student’s traffic stop before he was deported to Colombia

Read full article: Gainesville police video shows UF student’s traffic stop before he was deported to Colombia

The Gainesville Police Department released the bodycam video recorded during a traffic stop that resulted in a University of Florida student’s recent deportation to Colombia.

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Cuban human smugglers await sentencing after caught in boat with 18 Ecuadorians, feds say

Read full article: Cuban human smugglers await sentencing after caught in boat with 18 Ecuadorians, feds say

After a U.S. Coast Guard crew reported a suspicious go-fast boat in the Bahamas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers joined a pursuit.

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Florida lawmaker protests ICE detention of UF student arrested during traffic stop

Read full article: Florida lawmaker protests ICE detention of UF student arrested during traffic stop

A University of Florida student vanished after a traffic stop in Gainesville and a state lawmaker said on Monday that his case was concerning.

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Federal court halts Florida’s anti-immigrant law

Read full article: Federal court halts Florida’s anti-immigrant law

Federal Court Halts Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4-C

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ACLU files class action lawsuit against Florida immigration law enforcement

Read full article: ACLU files class action lawsuit against Florida immigration law enforcement

Florida officials have been discussing ways to boost the state’s ā€œenforcement removal operation" of undocumented migrants, but not without opposition.

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Dozens protest conditions at Krome Detention Center amid deportation wave

Read full article: Dozens protest conditions at Krome Detention Center amid deportation wave

Dozens of people gathered at the Krome Detention Center to protest the conditions there on Saturday.

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Bahamian woman’s arrest at Fort Lauderdale airport highlights immigration crackdown

Read full article: Bahamian woman’s arrest at Fort Lauderdale airport highlights immigration crackdown

A woman from the Bahamas was taken into custody at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after authorities discovered she had overstayed her visa more than a decade ago, her partner told Local 10 News on Thursday.

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Behind-the-scenes exclusive: How targeted enforcement helps U.S. Border Patrol catch wanted migrants in Florida Keys

Read full article: Behind-the-scenes exclusive: How targeted enforcement helps U.S. Border Patrol catch wanted migrants in Florida Keys

U.S. Border Patrol agents recently detained the driver of a blue Mitsubishi in the Florida Keys.

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Feds arrest Broward resident accused of being a former spy for Cuba

Read full article: Feds arrest Broward resident accused of being a former spy for Cuba

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that a group of federal agents had arrested a man in Broward County who was accused of formerly spying for Cuba.

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Hialeah police to assist in immigration crackdown under new agreement

Read full article: Hialeah police to assist in immigration crackdown under new agreement

Hialeah police will soon assist federal agents in cracking down on illegal immigration as part of a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Coral Gables police chief address concerns over immigration agreements

Read full article: Coral Gables police chief address concerns over immigration agreements

Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak is addressing concerns surrounding the city’s participation in the 287G agreements, which assist federal immigration authorities.

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Noem repurposes asylum seekers app to encourage undocumented migrants to ā€˜self-deport’

Read full article: Noem repurposes asylum seekers app to encourage undocumented migrants to ā€˜self-deport’

President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday the federal government has a new free app for undocumented migrants.

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Federal judge won't order immigration officials to change school arrests policy

Read full article: Federal judge won't order immigration officials to change school arrests policy

A federal judge says he won't order immigration authorities to revert to a Biden-era policy limiting arrests at schools after officials in Denver challenged new policies from the Trump administration.

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ICE detains 11 ā€˜criminal aliens’ in Oakland Park

Read full article: ICE detains 11 ā€˜criminal aliens’ in Oakland Park

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained nearly a dozen people while conducting an investigation in Oakland Park on Wednesday.

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ICE detains Real Housewives star’s estranged husband: US Weekly

Read full article: ICE detains Real Housewives star’s estranged husband: US Weekly

The Trump administration’s mass deportations hit reality TV news Friday.

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Trump’s DHS halts humanitarian immigration processing for migrants fleeing dictators

Read full article: Trump’s DHS halts humanitarian immigration processing for migrants fleeing dictators

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted the processing of certain parole program applications, affecting thousands of immigrants already in the country.

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Nicaraguan man accused of sexual battery faces immigration hold in Broward

Read full article: Nicaraguan man accused of sexual battery faces immigration hold in Broward

A woman said she had known Mario Lopez for about a month when he sexually battered her in Broward County, according to police.

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ā€˜Fishing expedition’ fears grow as citizens get caught up in immigration raids

Read full article: ā€˜Fishing expedition’ fears grow as citizens get caught up in immigration raids

Viral videos of immigration raids in Wilton Manors are raising legal questions. Legal residents and citizens were caught up in the raids on Friday, despite agents already arresting the individual they were after.

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Video shows confrontation during jobsite immigration raid in Wilton Manors

Read full article: Video shows confrontation during jobsite immigration raid in Wilton Manors

A recent immigration raid at a jobsite in Wilton Manors turned into a confrontation with authorities.

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Protesters in southern Miami-Dade say fear grips families over Trump’s immigration policies

Read full article: Protesters in southern Miami-Dade say fear grips families over Trump’s immigration policies

Jonathan Osbun, a retired New York City firefighter, helped to organize a protest in southern Miami-Dade County against mass deportations.

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DeSantis directs Florida Highway Patrol to help enforce immigration laws

Read full article: DeSantis directs Florida Highway Patrol to help enforce immigration laws

Gov.Ā Ron DeSantisĀ announced Friday that he directed Florida Highway Patrol troopers to help enforce U.S. immigration law.

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Local 10 News gets first-hand look at immigration arrests in South Florida

Read full article: Local 10 News gets first-hand look at immigration arrests in South Florida

Local 10 News got a first-hand look Thursday at the immigration crackdown, riding with U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they rounded up illegal immigrants in South Florida.

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VIDEO: Coast Guard crew spots Chinese migrant on paddleboard off Bahamas

Read full article: VIDEO: Coast Guard crew spots Chinese migrant on paddleboard off Bahamas

A U.S. Coast Guard crew caught a Chinese migrant apparently trying to come into the country in an unusual way — via paddleboard.

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Venezuelan American Caucus promises to fight Trump administration for Temporary Protected Status

Read full article: Venezuelan American Caucus promises to fight Trump administration for Temporary Protected Status

Venezuelan American Caucus advocates reacted Monday to President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and to negotiate with NicolĆ”s Maduro.

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South Florida activists plan lawsuit after TPS for Venezuelans revoked

Read full article: South Florida activists plan lawsuit after TPS for Venezuelans revoked

The Biden administration’s 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans is being revoked by President Donald Trump.

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Deputies say men found in JetBlue plane’s landing gear compartment were from Dominican Republic

Read full article: Deputies say men found in JetBlue plane’s landing gear compartment were from Dominican Republic

Deputies confirmed Wednesday that the two men found dead earlier this year at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport were from the Dominican Republic.

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Trump to open Guantanamo detention center to hold up to 30,000 of ā€˜worst criminal illegal aliens’

Read full article: Trump to open Guantanamo detention center to hold up to 30,000 of ā€˜worst criminal illegal aliens’

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a new detention center will open in Guantanamo Bay for immigration law enforcement cases.

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Salazar on Venezuelan TPS expiring in April: ā€˜Maduro has to go! Trump is the only force to get him out’

Read full article: Salazar on Venezuelan TPS expiring in April: ā€˜Maduro has to go! Trump is the only force to get him out’

The Trump administration will not be renewing the Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans when it expires in April.

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ā€˜I can’t go back’: Fears rise in South Florida as ICE targets undocumented immigrants

Read full article: ā€˜I can’t go back’: Fears rise in South Florida as ICE targets undocumented immigrants

President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts are in full swing, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducting raids across the country, including South Florida.

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Miami ICE head on Trump administration’s new vision: ā€˜They want us out in front of the cameras’

Read full article: Miami ICE head on Trump administration’s new vision: ā€˜They want us out in front of the cameras’

Federal raids and deportations are ramping up across the country, including in South Florida.

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Broward schools guide principals on how to deal with new immigration policy

Read full article: Broward schools guide principals on how to deal with new immigration policy

Many school principals around the country are bracing for the possibility of having to deal with President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies.

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Deportations in military planes expose growing rift in US-Colombia relations

Read full article: Deportations in military planes expose growing rift in US-Colombia relations

Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes with deportees prompted a brief diplomatic crisis between Colombia and the U.S.

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Long lines form at Miramar ICE office amid raids

Read full article: Long lines form at Miramar ICE office amid raids

Some of those arrested during Sunday immigration raids in South Florida Sunday were brought to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Miramar.

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Trump’s border czar: U.S. military will be flying deportees daily

Read full article: Trump’s border czar: U.S. military will be flying deportees daily

PresidentĀ Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan told ABC News the U.S. military will be flying deportees out of the country daily.

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Some migrants who Biden considered documented are now illegal under Trump, Miami immigration attorney warns

Read full article: Some migrants who Biden considered documented are now illegal under Trump, Miami immigration attorney warns

A prominent Miami immigration attorney said Friday the shift from former President Joe Biden to President Donald Trump has changed the immigration status of formerly protected migrants.

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Woman pleads guilty in human smuggling case that left 16 dead at sea

Read full article: Woman pleads guilty in human smuggling case that left 16 dead at sea

A 26-year-old woman faces five years to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to playing a role in a human smuggling operation that left more than a dozen Cuban migrants dead at sea in 2022.

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Homeland Security allows migrants' arrests at churches and schools

Read full article: Homeland Security allows migrants' arrests at churches and schools

President Donald Trump’s administration has directed federal agents to enforce immigration laws at churches and schools.

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Family in South Florida among last to cross border legally under Biden-era program

Read full article: Family in South Florida among last to cross border legally under Biden-era program

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown took effect immediately Tuesday, ending a Biden-era program that allowed immigrants to cross the border legally.

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Immigration attorney: Trump’s birthright citizenship order will ā€˜create chaos’

Read full article: Immigration attorney: Trump’s birthright citizenship order will ā€˜create chaos’

Angel Leal is among the attorneys in South Florida who believe President Donald Trump’s order against birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.

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Florida legislature pushes back on DeSantis’ special session call on immigration

Read full article: Florida legislature pushes back on DeSantis’ special session call on immigration

Florida lawmakers are rejecting Governor Ron DeSantis’ push for a special legislative session aimed at enforcing stricter immigration laws ahead of President- elect Donald Trump stepping into office.

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This Week in South Florida Full Episode: Jan. 12, 2025

Read full article: This Week in South Florida Full Episode: Jan. 12, 2025

This Sunday on This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg spoke with a range of experts covering key issues. U.S. immigration attorneys Saman Movassaghi Gonzalez and Angel Leal discussed President-elect Trump’s day-one immigration plans, including mass deportations and workplace raids.

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This Week in South Florida: Immigration attorneys weigh in on Trump’s day one plans

Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Immigration attorneys weigh in on Trump’s day one plans

With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration just over a week away, his immigration strategy is taking shape, sparking intense debate and raising concerns among South Florida’s diverse communities.

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16 Cuban migrants come ashore near Key West airport; 2 hospitalized

Read full article: 16 Cuban migrants come ashore near Key West airport; 2 hospitalized

Authorities took more than a dozen Cuban migrants into custody late Sunday night after they landed near Key West International Airport.

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Mass deportations plan: Diaz Balart says ā€˜serious criminals’ should be priority

Read full article: Mass deportations plan: Diaz Balart says ā€˜serious criminals’ should be priority

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history has millions of undocumented migrants brazing for the worst.

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Miami professor warns Trump’s deportation plans could impact Florida immigrants

Read full article: Miami professor warns Trump’s deportation plans could impact Florida immigrants

A Miami-based professor is warning that heightened deportation efforts under potential Trump administration policies could impact over a million immigrants in Florida alone, with local communities and families facing serious consequences.

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Florida faces $315 billion cost if Trump’s mass deportation plan comes to pass, study finds

Read full article: Florida faces $315 billion cost if Trump’s mass deportation plan comes to pass, study finds

The threat of mass deportation under a potential new Trump administration looms large, with a new report indicating that hundreds of thousands of Floridians might be expelled from the country if the plan is enacted.

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Haitians in South Florida react to Trump’s threat to revoke migrants’ temporary protected status

Read full article: Haitians in South Florida react to Trump’s threat to revoke migrants’ temporary protected status

Donald Trump has voiced his desire to get rid of the Temporary Protected Status for Haitians so many times that migrants and advocates are worried that he may get reelected this November.

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Prosecutor: ā€˜Bone-chilling’ video shows crimes of defendant granted ā€˜get-out-of-jail-free card’

Read full article: Prosecutor: ā€˜Bone-chilling’ video shows crimes of defendant granted ā€˜get-out-of-jail-free card’

Erwin Zúñiga was driving drunk and speeding when he crashed and killed three people about two years ago in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

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Prosecutors: Miami-Dade fatal DUI crash defendant gets ā€˜get-out-of-jail-free card’

Read full article: Prosecutors: Miami-Dade fatal DUI crash defendant gets ā€˜get-out-of-jail-free card’

Erwin Zúñiga was driving drunk and speeding when he crashed and killed three people about two years ago in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

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This Week In South Florida Roundtable: Sept. 15, 2024

Read full article: This Week In South Florida Roundtable: Sept. 15, 2024

The Florida secretary of state defended an investigation into petition fraud, as advocates gather signatures to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution through the proposed Amendment 4 — subject to a referendum on the November ballot.

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10 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found in Key West

Read full article: 10 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found in Key West

Thirty Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Wednesday on the Marquesas Keys -- uninhabited islands west of Key West.

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Over 30 suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Read full article: Over 30 suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Authorities responded to a migrant landing on Tuesday morning in Key West.

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New Biden policy offers hope for undocumented spouses of US citizens in South Florida

Read full article: New Biden policy offers hope for undocumented spouses of US citizens in South Florida

Undocumented individuals married to U.S. citizens in South Florida are expressing optimism following an executive decision aimed at simplifying their path to legal status.

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11 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on Key West beach

Read full article: 11 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on Key West beach

Nearly a dozen Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Monday at a beach in Key West, authorities confirmed.

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This Week in South Florida Podcast: June 9, 2024

Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: June 9, 2024

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna MilbergĀ interviews Kevin Doyle, of the Consumer Energy Alliance; Raymer Maguire, of the Climate Leadership Engagement Institute; Damian Pardo, a Miami commissioner who represents District 2; Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party; and Kristin Murphy, a teacher at Nova Middle School.

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Law enforcement investigates reports of migrant landings in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale

Read full article: Law enforcement investigates reports of migrant landings in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale

Authorities investigated reports of two migrants’ landings within hours in Broward County.

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Fear grows among Haitians in South Florida who depend on temporary protected status

Read full article: Fear grows among Haitians in South Florida who depend on temporary protected status

Frantz Fabien is among the Haitians in South Florida who are worried about the possibility of the expiration of the Temporary Protected Status in August.

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A behind-the-scenes look at how Florida National Guard searches for migrants at sea

Read full article: A behind-the-scenes look at how Florida National Guard searches for migrants at sea

As chaos continued in Haiti, Gov. Ron DeSantis worried about a mass migration and deployed members of the Florida National Guard to help enforce immigration law at sea.

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Haiti crisis: Gangs close Port-au-Prince airport, Americans evacuated to Miami

Read full article: Haiti crisis: Gangs close Port-au-Prince airport, Americans evacuated to Miami

The airport in Port-au-Prince remains closed as gangs control the area, leading to the first official evacuation flight bringing 30 Americans to Miami on Sunday.

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ā€˜Dismantle the dictatorship’: Local activists demand change amid economic crisis in Cuba

Read full article: ā€˜Dismantle the dictatorship’: Local activists demand change amid economic crisis in Cuba

In a news conference hosted by U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, local leaders and activists voiced their concerns Monday amid ongoing street protests sparked by power outages and food shortages in Cuba.

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Florida Keys prepares for influx of migrants amidst violence in Haiti

Read full article: Florida Keys prepares for influx of migrants amidst violence in Haiti

Nestled off the Overseas Highway, an encampment awaits the arrival of additional state law enforcement officers in the Florida Keys.

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DeSantis signs bills aimed at illegal immigration, issues warning to Haitian refugees

Read full article: DeSantis signs bills aimed at illegal immigration, issues warning to Haitian refugees

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday morning at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Winter Haven.

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Local 10 News report helps homeless migrant family find temporary housing in Miami

Read full article: Local 10 News report helps homeless migrant family find temporary housing in Miami

Four-year-old Stefano Villasana was playing on the sidewalk. He was near a bus bench, under the shadow of a shiny building, that has been home to his family in Fort Lauderdale.

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ā€˜Somebody has to care’: After surviving treacherous journey, boy remains homeless in Broward

Read full article: ā€˜Somebody has to care’: After surviving treacherous journey, boy remains homeless in Broward

Four-year-old Stefano Villasana was playing on the sidewalk. He was near a bus bench, under the shadow of a shiny building, that has been home to his family in Fort Lauderdale.

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Coast Guard: Dependable’s crew rescues 33 Haitians from sinking boat in ā€˜heavy seas’

Read full article: Coast Guard: Dependable’s crew rescues 33 Haitians from sinking boat in ā€˜heavy seas’

A man was using a yellow bucket as a small crowded boat was taking on water on Monday about 6 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Feds accuse man of captaining illegal migrant vessel off South Florida

Read full article: Feds accuse man of captaining illegal migrant vessel off South Florida

A 58-year-old man appeared in Miami federal court Monday on a charge of encouraging or inducing an alien to enter the United States after prosecutors allege he was busted Friday illegally trying to bring in six migrants to South Florida by boat.

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3 detained, others sought after migrant landing on Key Biscayne

Read full article: 3 detained, others sought after migrant landing on Key Biscayne

Authorities detained three migrants and were seeking more who landed on Key Biscayne Monday morning.

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Nearly 3 dozen migrants may have clung to submerged boat for days before rescue off Keys

Read full article: Nearly 3 dozen migrants may have clung to submerged boat for days before rescue off Keys

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued 34 migrants from the water after their vessel sunk in the Florida Keys Friday morning, the agency confirmed.

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Video shows growing humanitarian crisis at U.S.-Mexico border

Read full article: Video shows growing humanitarian crisis at U.S.-Mexico border

A recent viral video from WSLS-TV showed what troops and migrant face each day

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What’s behind Biden’s border wall reversal? South Florida immigration attorney weighs in

Read full article: What’s behind Biden’s border wall reversal? South Florida immigration attorney weighs in

Migrant surges aren’t new, but a recent wave of new arrivals has prompted President Joe Biden to change course on his longstanding position, waiving 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday.

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Cuban describes ā€˜desperate’ ultralight flight from island to South Florida

Read full article: Cuban describes ā€˜desperate’ ultralight flight from island to South Florida

Ismael Hernandez flew a motorized hand glider in March from Cuba to the United States. The 29-year-old pilot said he made the final decision to leave it all behind a day before the flight.

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Many Venezuelans no longer have to live in fear of deportation

Read full article: Many Venezuelans no longer have to live in fear of deportation

Sigmund Garcia, who was born in Venezuela and moved to South Florida about a year ago, said in Spanish that he lives with the fear of deportation.

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Official: 6 Cuban migrants land in Keys on makeshift boat inscribed with ā€˜USA USA’

Read full article: Official: 6 Cuban migrants land in Keys on makeshift boat inscribed with ā€˜USA USA’

Six Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys early Tuesday morning, according to a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol.

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Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade

Read full article: Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade

Odamyis Gomez, a married mother of two in Cuba, said she dreams of a family reunion in Miami-Dade County, and she had put her hope on President Joe Biden’s parole program. But in January, a group of 20 states challenged the case-by-case basis program to help Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.

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Immigrants’ advocates worry about growing ICE caseload, extended delays in Miramar

Read full article: Immigrants’ advocates worry about growing ICE caseload, extended delays in Miramar

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been delaying appointments without warning in Miramar.

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Cuban exile Ramón Saúl SÔnchez appears in court on immigration case over militant past

Read full article: Cuban exile Ramón Saúl SÔnchez appears in court on immigration case over militant past

Ramón Saúl SÔnchez was 12 years old when his family in Cuba sent him to the United States, and he was 15 when he joined a Miami-based paramilitary organization formed by Cuban exiles to fight Communism, and he went on to engage in decades of non-violent resistance.

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Here is how Florida’s E-Verify mandate is already affecting workers, employers

Read full article: Here is how Florida’s E-Verify mandate is already affecting workers, employers

A new Florida law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis now mandates employers to use E-Verify, a federal system to confirm job applicants’ eligibility to work in the United States.

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ā€˜The Constitution is in our favor:’ Advocacy groups hope to end Florida’s newest immigration law

Read full article: ā€˜The Constitution is in our favor:’ Advocacy groups hope to end Florida’s newest immigration law

Just days after Florida’s newest immigration law went into effect, advocacy groups are now hoping the courts can stop it.

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DeSantis on migrant relocation program during visit to Arizona: ā€˜Border should be closed’

Read full article: DeSantis on migrant relocation program during visit to Arizona: ā€˜Border should be closed’

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be the next U.S. president, defended his migrant relocation program on Wednesday during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.

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DeSantis’s asylum seekers’ flights under investigation in Texas, California

Read full article: DeSantis’s asylum seekers’ flights under investigation in Texas, California

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant relocation program was under investigation in Texas and California, but he didn’t say anything about it during a public event on Tuesday.

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Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis’ migrant flight

Read full article: Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis’ migrant flight

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas has filed a criminal case with the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in connection with the transportation of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.

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California threatens DeSantis with criminal charges

Read full article: California threatens DeSantis with criminal charges

California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Gov. Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges on Monday on Twitter.

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Official: 13 Cuban migrants land near Dry Tortugas National Park

Read full article: Official: 13 Cuban migrants land near Dry Tortugas National Park

Authorities took 13 Cuban migrants into custody after the group landed near Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys Monday evening, according to a U.S. Border Patrol official.

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FACT FOCUS: Videos of empty store aisles are unrelated to Florida’s immigration bill

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Amid the outcry, a pair of videos circulating widely on social media are claiming to show empty supermarkets in the Sunshine State, purportedly due to truck drivers boycotting deliveries to the state in protest of the immigration overhaul. But the footage is unrelated.

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Videos show how DeSantis’ immigration bill is allegedly affecting Florida construction sites

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Videos circulating on social media show several construction sites in Florida, reportedly abandoned by immigrant workers following the state’s new immigration law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis last week.

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Official: 10 Chinese migrants detained after landing on Sunny Isles Beach

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Authorities responded to a migrant landing on Sunny Isles Beach Monday morning in what federal officials characterized as a ā€œsuspected maritime smuggling event.ā€

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Florida farmworkers fear new state immigration law, advocate says

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An advocate for Florida’s farmworkers said there’s anxiety in the community over a new immigration bill signed into law this week by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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ā€˜Political cowardice’: Immigration advocates in Miami slam DeSantis, Cuban-American Republicans

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Immigrant advocacy groups held a news conference at downtown Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower Thursday morning, denouncing a controversial immigration bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis the day prior.

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Undocumented migrants’ advocates criticize DeSantis new immigration law

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Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to sign a new law to strengthen his program to relocate immigrants in a move that the advocates of undocumented migrants have criticized.

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