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  Miami's Exiled Venezuelans Lose Hope as Trump Administration Stalls

  June 25 at 9 a.m.

  Hope gave way to further disillusionment last week for a group of exiled Venezuelans living in Miami, as word surfaced that the Trump administration’s interest in the crisis-stricken country was reportedly waning.

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  Miami Police Oversight Board Says Federal Monitor Should Be Fired and Replaced

  June 25 at 8 a.m.

  As it stands, Jane Castor currently has two full-time jobs in two different major cities: She's the Miami Police Department's federal oversight monitor and she's now the mayor of Tampa, a city of almost 400,000 people. Even before Castor won the Tampa mayoral race in March, some Miami officials weren't all that happy with her performance — and now a police-oversight board has formally asked to fire Castor from her position as federal oversight monitor.

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  Activists Demand Florida Dems Return $10,000 Donation From Private-Prison Contractor G4S

  June 24 at 4:25 p.m.

  In February, the Florida Democratic Party accepted a $10,000 donation from G4S Secure Solutions, a private firm that runs immigrant-detention facilities in other countries and transports American inmates between prison facilities.

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  The Democratic Presidential Debates in Miami Are a Sham

  June 24 at 8 a.m.

  This week, the Democratic Party will hold its first presidential debates, a two-day affair Wednesday and Thursday at the Adrienne Arsht Center presenting 20 candidates. And not a single one has shown they can energize voters the same way Donald Trump gasses up his racist base to go to the polls.

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  Despite What Trump Says, Most Immigrant Families Show Up for Court, Report Shows

  June 20 at 9 a.m.

  A new report challenges the Trump administration's narrative that migrant families aren't showing up to court.

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  New Senate Bill Could Eliminate Tax Breaks for Private-Prison Giant GEO Group

  June 19 at 9 a.m.

  The Trump era has been a gold rush for those in the business of locking up immigrants, none more so than the Boca Raton-based GEO Group. Boasting almost $500 million in contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the private-prison firm has made a pretty penny from the new war on immigrants...