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Key West city commissioners face pushback from Florida attorney general after challenging ICE partnership agreement
By Jim DeFede Updated on: July 6, 2025 / 12:28 PM EDT / CBS Miami Key West City Commission Vote | Facing South Florida Key
South Floridians line up outside ICE facility where Haitian woman died to protest Alligator Alcatraz, Trump’s immigration policies
For the second day in a row, protestors took to the streets of South Florida to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. This
Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site faces possible court-ordered pause as protests continue
A federal judge in Miami could decide as early as next week whether to temporarily halt operations at the controversial migrant detention site known as
Florida tipped workers get new tax break under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”
New tax break lets Florida hospitality workers deduct tips and overtime under Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” New tax break lets Florida hospitality workers deduct tips
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” threatens Medicaid access for millions in Florida, advocates warn
Millions of Floridians could lose access to life-saving Medicaid coverage under a new legislation that slashes billions of dollars in federal funding, health advocates warn.
Alligator Alcatraz came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state’s disaster response
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator
Scientists transplant crossbred Caribbean corals to help save Miami’s reefs from climate change
This image provided by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School shows divers planting a crossbred coral species from Honduras on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 off
First detainees arrive at Alligator Alcatraz facility in Everglades
The first group of immigrant detainees has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, according
Deputies find baby in back seat of car after high-speed chase, Florida sheriff’s office says
A high-speed chase involving Florida deputies came to an end with a man in custody and a big surprise — a one-year-old infant in the