Migration maelstrom puts Biden in a political vise Politico / Sabrina Rodriguez / September 21, 2021 "The administration and Congress have to come together to offer a clear strategy for how to deal with what is a new reality in the region being driven in the short term by COVID and climate change, and laws which never really contemplated what we are seeing now," said Simon Rosenberg, a… Read more »
2022 Best Colleges in the U.S.: Harvard, Stanford, MIT Take Top Rankings The Wall Street Journal / David M. Ewalt / September 21, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has changed a lot about higher education. But some things remain constant: The top tier of the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings is packed with familiar names, with Harvard University claiming the top… Read more »
The forgotten primary: 11 Democrats vie for Florida's bluest seat without outside help Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / September 20, 2021 Nine of the 11 Democrats vying for a once-in-a-generation opportunity to represent the state's bluest district in Congress had a chance to face one another, virtually, in a recent candidate forum hosted by the left-leaning advocacy group Florida… Read more »
Democrats oversee Haiti deportations and stalled immigration changes, angering advocates Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / September 20, 2021 Mike Fernandez, a Miami billionaire and political megadonor who left the Republican Party to pursue bipartisan immigration reform, smiled into the camera last week as he announced his support for a Democrat-only plan to provide citizenship for… Read more »
Deported migrants from U.S.-Mexico border arrive in Haiti as DHS chief defends flights Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles / September 19, 2021 As the first planeloads of angry Haitian migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on Sunday after being repatriated from the U.S.-Mexico border, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security defended the deportations, saying misinformation is… Read more »
Thousands Of Haitians Gather Under Border Bridge, Hoping To Gain Entrance To US, As Deportations Continue CBS Miami / Joel Waldman / September 17, 2021 More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants are sheltering under an international bridge in Mexico, waiting to be processed by immigration authorities in the United States. The problem is that there are too many people and there is not… Read more »
French Forces Kill ISIS Leader Believed To Be Responsible For Sgt. La David Johnson's Death CBS Miami / Jessica Vallejo / September 16, 2021 Justice, finally, for a local hero and his family. The man believed to be responsible for the death of Sgt. La David Johnson from Miami Gardens is dead. French forces killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the… Read more »
Slain Islamic State leader was behind death of Miami Gardens Army Sgt. La David Johnson Local 10 News / Nicole Lopez-Alvar / September 16, 2021 France says its military has killed a terrorist known as Abu Walid. The Islamic State Leader is believed to be the mastermind of the ambush and killing of four U.S. servicemen in Niger in 2017 One of those was Army Sgt. La David Johnson of… Read more »
COVID plagues Miami-Dade school system Miami Times / Bianca Marcof / September 14, 2021 Bus drivers are dying in the midst of a shortage. Educators are wondering where their colleagues are. The number of deaths in Florida's largest school district paints an alarming picture of the state of schools reopening in the middle of a pandemic. Thirteen unvaccinated Miami-Dade County Public… Read more »
House Panel Spars Over Reconciliation Package's Higher Ed Provisions NASFAA / Hugh T. Ferguson / September 10, 2021 In a lengthy markup the House Education and Labor Committee advanced their portion of the reconciliation package that would invest roughly $111 billion in funding for programs related to higher education. The 28-22 vote to move the package's education and labor related… Read more »
