Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas in Miami to talk about new migration program
Teri Hornstein reports the program allows up to 30 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba a month to come to the US
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Teri Hornstein reports the program allows up to 30 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba a month to come to the US
Teri Hornstein reports he'll meet with local leaders to discuss the Biden administration's new policy.
The migrants are from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua
The Coast Guard said the main goal after these vessels at sea, or migrants on land, is to get them to safety.
Cubans and Haitians who illegally enter the U.S. by sea do not qualify to apply for the recently launched parole program
Sen. Scott visited the Keys where there's been an increase in Cuban and Haitian migrants
US Senator Rick Scott was joined by Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay during a trip to the Florida Keys on Thursday where both men agreed that a stronger plan of action was needed to curb the surge of migrants coming from Cuba and Haiti.
Peter D'Oench reports Scott said the Biden administration needs to do a better job of securing the borders.
Programs not designed to help recently-arrived migrants.
Spike in Cuban migrants has been especially pronounced over the last few months
More migrants expected to land in South Florida in the coming days.
Another group of 22 migrants was released this Monday, some were taken to a train station in Ft. Lauderdale.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava weighs in on recent migrant landings.
The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, over the weekend following interdictions off the Florida Keys.
There were two landings, one in Key Largo and the other Marathon
Ana Montes, the Defense Intelligence Agency's top Cuba analyst, spied for Cuba until her arrest in 2001.
Dozens of migrants who came to the U.S. on rustic vessels thorough the Florida Keys are being released at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center in Dania Beach.
Over the New Year's weekend alone, more than 700 migrants, mostly Cubans, arrived in the Keys
US will accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
Ana Belen Montes spied for Cuba for years, reaching the highest levels of the U.S. Government's intelligence agencies.
Ana Belen Montes spied for Cuba for years, reaching the highest levels of the U.S. Government's intelligence agencies.
Grappling with the biggest flood of Cuban migrants in decades, the United States reopened their long-closed legal pathway on Wednesday by resuming all visa services at its embassy in Havana.
As the number of migrant landings increases dramatically, Monroe authorities desperately ask for federal help.
The United States reopened their long-closed legal pathway on Wednesday by resuming all visa services at its embassy in Havana.
A priority will be placed on permits to reunite Cubans with family in the U.S., and others like the diversity visa lottery
Around 2 a.m., Fort Lauderdale Police responded to the area of 300 SW 2nd St. following a reported shooting.
An investigation is underway after a woman was found shot and killed in Miami late Saturday night, police said.
Matthew Tkachuk is back on the ice with the Florida Panthers, appearing at practice on Sunday for the first time this season.
President Trump said Sunday that he had a "good and very productive" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The NEXT Weather Team is tracking another warm, dry day across all of South Florida.
Around 2 a.m., Fort Lauderdale Police responded to the area of 300 SW 2nd St. following a reported shooting.
An investigation is underway after a woman was found shot and killed in Miami late Saturday night, police said.
Matthew Tkachuk is back on the ice with the Florida Panthers, appearing at practice on Sunday for the first time this season.
President Trump said Sunday that he had a "good and very productive" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The NEXT Weather Team is tracking another warm, dry day across all of South Florida.
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The band announced Perry Bamonte's death on their official website on Friday.
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