Tag: Immigrants
FIU student goes from homelessness to working for the U.S. House...
Luis Moros left Venezuela for Miami with his mom when he was only 14 years old, then rotated among homeless shelters. It was a...
Joaquin Oliver: American dream to American tragedy
On the four-year anniversary of the day his 17-year-old son Joaquin was shot dead by a crazed gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland,...
EI viaje de la vida: How I got to know my...
Mariela Dacal, 50, was one of the many Cubans who came to the United States in search of the "American Dream" during the 1980s....
The voice of sports in Venezuela, Fernando Arreaza, lives in Miami
Fernando Arreaza, 58, is a sports announcer who has covered six World Cups, horse racing, and baseball championships from the World Series to the...
Democrats and community leaders demand action on undocumented immigrants
Community leaders and several Democratic members of Congress are demanding that immigration reform legislation be fast-tracked and included in budgetary bills even though that...
Newsbreak September 20, 2021
New discoveries in the search for missing person, Gabby Petito. The border crisis continues as over 12,000 migrants wait to be processed by immigration...
Immigrants hoping for visas, residency and citizenship targeted by scammers
Infamous as the setting for many cases of high-profile financial fraud, South Florida is also home to a relatively unknown scam that targets the...
South Florida immigrants struggle to access COVID-19 vaccine
It was a hot day in Miami as Lucila Gallardo made her way to the front of the line. She’d been waiting almost three...
Newsbreak, April 2, 2021
A shooting in Orange, California leaves four dead including a 9-year-old boy, day four of the George Floyd trial involved a sentimental testimony from...
Living the American dream as an asylum seeker
Two years ago, Lester Estrada Cruz, a thin, strong, hard-gazing 30-year-old Cuban systems expert fled his home three hours from Havana after witnessing corruption...