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GOP trying to paint Maxwell Frost as a political liability
The youngest member of Congress, Rep. Maxwell Frost, has become a rising star on the progressive left. But as the 2026 midterms approach, some Republicans believe his bold stances could…
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Federal judge orders closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the shutdown of the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, leading to cheers from local environmental…
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Terrorists
It’s interesting how many people in the U.S. talk about terrorists as if they all come from other countries, even though many may live right next door.
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‘We had to eat like dogs’: Abusive practices at Florida immigrant prisons
A new report released Monday by Human Rights Watch details what the organization describes as "abusive practices" at three immigrant detention facilities in the state of Florida.
The…
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Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – what we still don’t know about the…
The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in…
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Alligator Alcatraz ‘an internment camp’
For the first time, Democratic lawmakers were allowed to tour U.S. President Donald Trump's sprawling Everglades immigrant detention center on Saturday. They said what they witnessed…
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The theater of cruelty: America’s immigration shame
On a sweltering July afternoon in the Florida Everglades, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Kristi Noem stood before a newly constructed immigration detention center newly built with…
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Caribbean diaspora braces for impact of first-ever U.S. remittance tax
President Donald Trump has officially signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The bill, passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives along razor-thin margins,…
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ denounced as epitome of GOP dehumanization and cruelty toward…
Rights advocates and Democratic officials across the United States this week are condemning the Trump administration and Florida Republicans' effort to construct a migrant detention…
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What are they afraid of?
Why are Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, and now also acting National Security Advisor, along with his cohorts in Congress—Mario Díaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez, and, lest we forget,…
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