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鈥楬umanitarian crisis鈥 looming for Haitian immigrants after Supreme Court decision to end TPS: report鈥淲ithout TPS protections, Haitians risk being sent back to one of the world鈥檚 most devastating human rights crises,鈥 said Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, in releasing their report.
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Immigrant advocates allege the facility is overcrowded and that detainees are exposed to excessive heat, and have inadequate access to food, water, beds and bathrooms.
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The U.S. Supreme Court vote to protect birthright citizenship in a landmark ruling was welcomed by elected officials on both sides of the aisle in Florida 鈥 although Democrats were much more vocal, with messages of cautious joy.
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The congresswoman announced the legislation, the TPS Review Act, during a news conference in Sunrise on Friday, the day after the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria.
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Broward鈥檚 bluest seat has become one of the most contentious congressional races in the state. The event was the first time the candidates squared off since the field was finalized June 12.
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'Representation matters': DNC members condemn Wasserman Schultz's run in historically-Black districtThe letter, signed by 10 of the 15 elected members of the Florida DNC said that by running in the historically Black district, Wasserman Schultz was undermining Black political representation.
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The change is spurred on by Gov.Ron DeSantis鈥 redistricting effort. Wasserman Schultz鈥檚 current district, Florida's 25th, which had included most of southern Broward, was drawn to include coastal communities from Delray Beach to Miami Beach. Florida鈥檚 20th district includes most of central Broward north of I-595.
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Black Caucus leader: Broward鈥檚 20th U.S. House district must be protected amid redistricting squeezeCorey Shearer, President of Broward's Black Democratic Caucus, talks Luther Campbell, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who are among the candidates for the U.S. 20th Congressional District in South Florida.
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FL-20 is Broward only reliably Democratic district and historically black.
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A contingent of nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a "friend of the court" brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, mounting a major legal challenge against the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.
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"To be housing ICE detainees in a detention camp in the middle of the Everglades 鈥 without making sure that they have enough access to nutritious food and the ability to sleep and have access to counsel 鈥 everything about this screams inhumane and unnecessary," U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, told reporters.
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Hundreds of people filled the front lawn of Coral Springs City Hall Friday night for a candlelight vigil to remember slain vice mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen.