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  ICE Deports Man With Lung Tumor to Cuba Despite Doctor's Demands

  September 12 at 2:09 p.m.

  Yoel Alonso Leal is a Cuban man who has lived in New Orleans and is seeking asylum in the United States. Beginning last October, he sat in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention despite the fact he suffered from severe gout and a host of other ailments. This past May, he went to the doctor for a lung scan...

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  Photos Show Mold, Mildew Infecting Miami's Main Federal Prison

  September 12 at 7:36 a.m.

  Inmates and guards inside the Federal Correctional Institution in Miami (FCI Miami) have complained for years that the facility is full of enough mold and mildew to sicken those inside, In 2018, New Times obtained documents showing the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has repeatedly found leaking ceilings and mold growing on walls in multiple rooms.

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  Miami Beach Wants to Outlaw Smoking Weed in Public Despite Countywide Decriminalization

  September 11 at 9 a.m.

  Last month, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office ceremoniously announced it would no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases. The problem, according to top prosecutor Kathy Fernandez Rundle, is Florida recently legalized the possession of hemp, a substance nearly indistinguishable from marijuana.

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  Miami Beach Considers Using Citizen, a Controversial Crime-Reporting App

  September 11 at 8 a.m.

  Miami Beach is a tourist mecca to where wealthy folks knowingly move and then complain about all the things that come with living in a tourist mecca. Over the past few years, residents have wigged out over the idea that people like to visit South Beach to (and this is by no means an exhaustive list) drink, do drugs,...

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  Homestead Camp Kids Don't Have Adequate Mental Health Care or Abuse Protections, Nonprofit Says

  September 10 at 3:52 p.m.

  Reports on the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children outside Miami tend to fall into two categories. The federal government likes to claim the place is a clean, happy, jovial temporary dorm for immigrant kids waiting to enter the United States. The kids themselves, however, consistently keep telling lawyers and advocates that the place sucks, makes them depressed, and is leaving some of them with lasting trauma.

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  Five Miami-Area Cops Who Kept Their Jobs After Misconduct Allegations

  September 8 at 9 a.m.

  New Times this week reported that, even though Hialeah Police Officer Jessie Menocal Jr. was accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl while on duty in 2015, he was only removed from street patrols this year.