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Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there.
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The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco is a relief for 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was set to expire April 7 after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reversed protections granted by the Biden administration.
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Ninety-seven of the 140 law enforcement agencies that have signed 287(g) agreements with ICE are in Florida. The Florida Roundup discusses the collaboration.
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Scheduled to be completed in May, the Freedom Tower at 600 Biscayne Blvd. on Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus, will become a museum highlighting the building’s full history dating back to 1925.
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The federal judge's order also bars the Agency for Global Media from terminating grant funding for its broadcast outlets, including Doral-based Radio Martí.
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Prosecutors said Jean Morose Viliena wrote on his application for legal residency that he had not ordered or participated in extrajudicial and political killings and other acts of violence against the Haitian people
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“My husband, a father living in the United States, married to an American citizen with no criminal record, has been unjustly detained by ICE,” wrote the family of Eduardo Nuñez Gonzalez, a Cuban man with Spanish citizenship.
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The Trump administration has been targeting some permanent residents and visa holders with legal status and without criminal convictions.
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The U.S. is warning against travel to Haiti as violent gangs take complete control of the capital, Port-au-Prince — and that's causing security experts to question the Trump Administration's plans to deport half a million Haitian migrants back to Haiti.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.
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COMMENTARY Dubious plans like more teenage work hours can't replace the undocumented labor that keeps much of our economy going. So let's find smart ways to admit more documented migrants.
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The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.