Ryan NicolJune 5, 2019
7min578
"It’s time the Administration begin taking the necessary steps to relocate the children."
Tag: Homestead
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They wanted to inspect the facility ahead of a planned expansion.
Danny McAuliffeSeptember 26, 2018
3min447
The Florida Association of Realtors has almost quadrupled its spending in support of Amendment 2. The association has funneled another $4 million to the Amendment 2 is for Everybody PAC since the primary election, according to state campaign finance records. The proposal, if approved by 60 percent of voters on Nov. 6, would permanently extend […]
Jacob OglesJuly 7, 2018
4min527
A Homestead detention center housing immigrant minors denied entry to U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo. The Miami Republican says he cleared his visit through proper channels but still was not allowed to check on the status of the children at the facility, many of whom were separated from adults at the border. Curbelo expressed outrage on Twitter […]
Ryan NicolJune 28, 2018
4min408
After repeated questioning by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and others, the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General has announced an investigation of the agency’s handling of migrant children separated from parents at the border. The investigation will focus on shelters run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an office within HHS. “We will […]
Ryan NicolJune 26, 2018
6min313
Bill Nelson has been asking questions since last week about the 70 migrant children housed at a Homestead facility after being separated from their parents. On Tuesday, he was able to get some answers during an interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The conversation, which took place during a Senate Finance […]
Staff ReportsJune 22, 2018
5min216
U.S. officials provided a glimpse Friday into a South Florida facility housing more than 1,000 teenage migrants, seeking to dispel any suggestions that children are being mistreated. Private contractors who run the center for unaccompanied minors in Homestead showed journalists around the campus like-complex for about an hour. Journalists were not permitted to interview the […]
Ryan NicolJune 21, 2018
3min803
After being denied access Tuesday to a Homestead facility housing migrant children, Sen. Bill Nelson says he is being granted a tour of the facility by Health and Human Services (HHS) officials. That tour will take place Saturday. Nelson arrived at the center earlier in the week with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and incoming Florida House […]
Ryan NicolJune 20, 2018
4min275
President Donald Trump appears to give in to widespread criticism over his administration’s policy of separating thousands of migrant children from their families. Trump said Wednesday he will sign an executive order ending the controversial policy. “We are going to sign an executive order in a little while to keep families together, but we have […]
Scott PowersJune 20, 2018
5min301
Four and potentially all five of Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates could wind up marching arm-in-arm – at least metaphorically – in Homestead this weekend at a rally protesting President Donald Trump‘s policy to separate immigrant children from their families. In quick order Wednesday morning, in a line of falling campaign dominoes, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum […]