South Florida community health centers get millions for coronavirus responseSun Sentinel / Cindy Krischer Goodman / April 8, 2020FoundCare of West Palm Beach opened as the first drive-thru testing site in South Florida. In the weeks that followed, the federally funded community health center has tested hundreds of people for the virus and filtered thousands of phone calls from people… Read more »
A Haitian man, exposed to the coronavirus, was taken off ICE deportation flight at last minuteMiami Herald / Monique O. Madan and Jacqueline Charles / April 7, 2020A Haitian national who had been exposed to COVID-19 respiratory disease while in federal immigration custody was not among a group of detainees deported back to Haiti by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday. … Read more »
Perdue urged to approve D-SNAPFlorida Politics / April 7, 2020Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson, joined by all of the delegation Democrats, is seeking enhanced assistance for their constituents impacted by COVID-19. The members wrote to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to approve the State of Florida's request to implement the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance… Read more »
Wilson urges DeSantis to Help Ensure Florida Nursing Homes Follow CDC GuidelinesSouth Florida Caribbean News / April 7, 2020MIAMI – Congresswoman Frederica Wilson led a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew calling on them to take steps to safeguard the well-being of Florida's nursing home residents. Florida, which… Read more »
Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson led a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew calling on them to take steps to safeguard the well-being of Florida's nursing home residents. Florida, which has one of the largest senior populations in the nation, is home to 691 licensed nursing homes that house roughly… Read more »
ICE to deport Haitians despite coronavirus concerns Miami Herald / Monique O. Madan and Jacqueline Charles / April 6, 2020Some U.S. lawmakers and immigration advocates are expressing outrage at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's decision to continue deportations to Haiti in the midst of the accelerating COVID-19 global pandemic, saying the decision "‘presents an unacceptable… Read more »
REP. OMAR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUSPEND SCHOOL MEAL DEBTBlack Star News / April 6, 2020Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has introduced legislation to tackle school meal debt among struggling families. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Deb Haaland (D-MN) introduced the Suspend School Meal Debt Act today to require school food authorities and local educational agencies to stop collecting unpaid… Read more »
Lawmakers push DeSantis again for stay-at-home order for FloridaCBS12 / Gary Detman / April 1, 2020WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Congressional leaders from Florida pushed Gov. Ron DeSantis for a second time to issue a stay-at-home order as the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Charlie Crist (FL-13), Val B.… Read more »
Florida's Democrats in Congress renew call for statewide lockdownFlorida Politics / Scott Powers / April 1, 2020Florida's 13 Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday renewed their call to Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue a statewide stay-at-home order, and this time the Democrats quoted President Donald Trump‘s omnipresent public health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci. The Democratic members… Read more »
Florida lawmakers sign letter urging DeSantis to issue statewide ‘stay-at-home' orderWFLA 8 / April 1, 2020TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Thirteen Florida lawmakers penned an open letter on Tuesday urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue a stay-at-home order for the entire state. The letter comes days after Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious… Read more »
