Krome Detention Center

No Wonder Miami's Immigration Judges Aren't Fair

For the only witness to a cop murder, Jamaica sucks

Our Crossing

Sharing the stories of those who come by sea

Free Bird?

New evidence may exonerate Luis Diaz, imprisoned for 26 years as the Bird Road Rapist

Exit Philbert

Immigration wants to deport a well-known santero/drummer over five stolen shirts

The Terrorist Who Wasn't

Hollywood's Manny Ebaid struggles to rebound after the War on Terror made him collateral damage

The Hand of Justice

Lost in the immigration morass and mangled by the system.

Cop Killer Still at Large

And the one man who saw the murderer is being deported to Jamaica.

Book Fair Bonanza

Miami’s got the literary goods

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

Hostile Hostel

Just try to help those needy immigrants

BEST TERROR ALERT

October 26, 2004

Miami International Airport

Fake Art, Real Money

That beautiful painting by Cuban artist Domingo Ramos? The one you bought from a Miami gallery for $10,000? Ready for some bad news? It's a forgery

Screwed If By Sea

Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

Burned Bridges, Careers

Bias charges raise alarms in the halls of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue academy

A Prefab Demonstration

Trying to ride the Haitian refugee-issue buzz, Sharpton kept referring to Elian as "Little Efrain"

Letters from the Issue of January 17, 2002

Name That Visionary: Dyslexic free weekly falls short of prefection

The Accidental Terrorist

He stumbled into a group of Muslim extremists with plans to attack America. Then he stumbled into Miami. Today Shaheed Mohamed is nowhere to be found.

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Admitting Terror, Part 2

The INS has its own peculiar way of meting out justice: Promote the supervisor who intentionally misled Congress and harass the inspector who warned of terrorists

Elian Plus One

An INS agent discloses blatant anti-Cuban sentiment surrounding last year's raid, and apparent attempts at a coverup. The result? He's threatened.

Best Protest Du Jour

Hunger strikes

He Came, He Lunched, He Left

Felonious former Miami City Manager Cesar Odio has been spending his free time hanging around Miami Beach. And you want to know why?

Letters

Felonious former Miami City Manager Cesar Odio has been spending his free time hanging around Miami Beach. And you want to know why?

When the Art Starts

Felonious former Miami City Manager Cesar Odio has been spending his free time hanging around Miami Beach. And you want to know why?

DeFede

A Marked Man

Right in the Middle of Nowhere

Anyone who thinks Dade Corners is just a gas station probably thinks the Everglades is just a little wet spot west of Miami

A Prisoner of Circumstance

Rachel Better never worried about her stateless status until the INS locked her up. Then it was too late.

Letters

Rachel Better never worried about her stateless status until the INS locked her up. Then it was too late.

Agents of Deception

A congressional delegation inspected Miami's INS operations and found everything to be running smoothly. No wonder. Investigators later discovered they'd been dealing with...

Back on Top

You may admire him or you may find him disgusting. But at least you've got to hand it to him: Jorge Mas Canosa has got clout.

Music Therapy

You may admire him or you may find him disgusting. But at least you've got to hand it to him: Jorge Mas Canosa has got clout.

Miami's Mentally Disabled Immigrants Abused by Court System, Report Says

Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

Archbishop Thomas Wenski: Tea Party conservative and church radical

Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

Eligio Cedeño: A banker battles Hugo Chavez

Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>