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CBS4 produced a short film about an effort by Miami-Dade students to write letters to the children who have been separated from their families and being held at the Homestead Detention Center.
CBS4 produces a short film about an effort by Miami-Dade students to write letters to the children who have been separated from their families and being held at the Homestead Detention Center.
A new report from Amnesty International USA found that the Homestead facility housing migrant children must be shut down.
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday over a new law that forces local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
The US Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CBS4 News Monday night that unaccompanied children from the southern border will no longer be sent to the facility in South Miami-Dade.
Immigrant rights advocates across the United States say they've seen few signs of the ICE raids that Trump administration officials had warned would begin Sunday.
ICE raids are expected in South Florida and in several other cities across the country.
A congressional report released Friday shows at least 55 migrant children separated from their parents by President Donald Trump's administration in 2018 were sent to the privately run Homestead detention center for unaccompanied immigrant youth.
Dozens tried to get their affairs in order at the immigration center in Miramar ahead of the immigration raids scheduled for Sunday.
A nonprofit organization in South Florida along with the Florida Immigration Coalition went door to door on Thursday to inform people of their rights.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin the previously postponed raids across the country Sunday to arrest thousands of migrant families who already have court orders to be removed, according to a US official and those raids could take place in Miami.
The city of South Miami is preparing to fight a controversial new law aimed at banning so-called "sanctuary cities," after commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to hire an attorney to handle the legal challenge.
While a migrant detention facility for unaccompanied minors in South Florida has gotten lots of attention, a new one is opening about 100 miles to the north.
Fresh off their first Democratic presidential debates in Miami, a number of candidates plan to visit the Homestead shelter housing migrant children on Friday.
Almost a month into Florida's hurricane season, state and local emergency officials have few details about the federal government's plans for evacuating migrant children from a controversial Homestead detention facility if a hurricane comes toward Miami-Dade County.
Presenting ideas for immigration reform that go beyond simply bashing the Trump administration's policies may be a challenge for Democratic presidential candidates during their Miami debates.
Twenty Democratic presidential hopefuls are about to square off in Miami during two nights of nationally televised debates, as they get an early chance to stand out in the crowded primary.
Former Vice President Joe Biden took swings at President Donald Trump's immigration strategy in an op-ed published Monday, writing that it's based in "hostility and inflammatory rhetoric."
Saturday afternoon, President Trump delayed the planned raids by immigration and customs enforcement officers.
Deportations of undocumented aliens will begin Sunday in 10 US cities, including Miami, CBSMiami has learned.
Under a bill signed Friday by Governor Ron DeSantis, all law enforcement agencies in the state now have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign legislation Friday to ban so-called sanctuary cities in Florida, a proposal that was one of the most controversial issues of the 2019 legislative session and a top priority of the governor.
The Trump administration is reportedly cutting back on the services it offers unaccompanied minors in US shelters.
Three Democratic lawmakers demanded Tuesday that the Trump administration shut down the country's largest child migrant facility in Florida and release hundreds of teens to small shelters or relatives.
An immigrant housing facility in South Florida is under the spotlight again.
