Florida legislative leaders push back on DeSantis' call for special session
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton sent a joint letter Monday dismissing the notion of a special session as "premature."
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Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton sent a joint letter Monday dismissing the notion of a special session as "premature."
The Republican governor announced the session will be held the week of Jan. 27.
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton sent a joint letter Monday dismissing the notion of a special session as "premature."
Gov. Ron DeSantis said President-elect Donald Trump will make major changes in immigration policy, and the state needs to take action to help carry them out.
A senior official says Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, sinks, toilets and some steel products if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to impose 25% on all Canadian products.
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ICE deported more than a quarter-million unauthorized immigrants in fiscal year 2024, the highest tally in a decade.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to conduct mass deportations when he returns to the White House.
Advocates and immigrants in South Florida request Biden administration to redesignate TPS for Nicaraguans, shielding many from deportation and enabling legal work in the U.S.
CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor in Sweetwater talks to Nicaraguans who hope President Joe Biden re-designates Temporary Protected Status for Central American migrants before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
CBS News Miami's in Sweetwater talks to Nicaraguans who hope President Joe Biden re-designates Temporary Protected Status for Central American migrants before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are bracing for potential challenges to their status in the country during President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.
Trump's claims President Claudia Sheinbaum "agreed to stop migration through Mexico." She says she "explained" what Mexico was already doing.
Trump signaled this week that he would enlist the help of the U.S. military for his massive deportation operation.
A new government report shows the number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border remains low.
The migrants included five from China and 13 from Ecuador, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Eighteen migrants -- five from China and 13 from Ecuador -- and the boat operator smuggling them were taken into custody after they rode in a canal in Pompano Beach.
Immigrants across South Florida are expressing growing anxiety over possible mass deportations, a campaign promise by President-elect Donald Trump.
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President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.
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The ruling is a major defeat for the outgoing Biden administration, which argued the policy promoted family unity among mixed-status households.
CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor spoke with a family concerned about deportation tearing their family apart after a federal judge struck down a program to allow undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship. Taylor also spoke to an immigration attorney about options.
While Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to keep current limits on asylum, former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the southern border altogether.
Bankrolling mass deportation would be costly. It would also require a lot more manpower.
CBS News Miami speaks to the victim's family members moments before deputies say she died after being shot by an MDSO deputy.
A 19 year old high school student has been given an over $2000 bond after police say she pulled the employees' hair and pinned them to the ground.
Fort Lauderdale police say they received the call from a neighbor concerned for a young child inside the home after hearing family members arguing.
The U.S. ended Saturday in first place with 44 points. Japan was five points back going into the men's, women's and pairs free skates to decide the medals Sunday.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
CBS News Miami speaks to the victim's family members moments before deputies say she died after being shot by an MDSO deputy.
A 19 year old high school student has been given an over $2000 bond after police say she pulled the employees' hair and pinned them to the ground.
Fort Lauderdale police say they received the call from a neighbor concerned for a young child inside the home after hearing family members arguing.
The U.S. ended Saturday in first place with 44 points. Japan was five points back going into the men's, women's and pairs free skates to decide the medals Sunday.
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In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Skier Chris Lillis said he was "heartbroken about what's happened in the United States," while skater Amber Glenn said she "will not just be quiet."
If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet it, Zelenskyy told reporters.
President Trump late Friday addressed a video posted to his social media account that included a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, telling reporters he didn't see the part that showed the former president and first lady.
The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.
A judge ordered the U.S. to return three migrant families who were affected by President Trump's family separation policy in his first term and then deported in his second.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
Jim DeFede discusses Governor Ron DeSantis' eighth and final State of the State address with House Speaker Danny Perez.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
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The sheriff says the note was sent to a local Arizona news station, which agreed not to report on it, following the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie.