Staring into the camera, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) cut a new campaign ad that told President Trump what so many of her fellow Hispanic Republicans in Miami are saying: Immigration crackdown has gone too far. Why it matters: The anger at Trump over heavy-handed immigration enforcement is palpable in Miami-Dade County, and there's mounting political worry among Republicans across the state that it could cost the GOP in the midterm elections. Zoom in: A bellwether, Miami-Dade is Florida's most-populous county, which Trump flipped to the Republican column in 2020 and 2024 thanks to strong Latino support, especially among Cuban Americans. - "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," Salazar says in her…
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and other lawmakers will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to press the Trump administration to indict former Cuban President Raúl Castro. The Justice Department is reportedly mulling charges against the ex-leader as President Trump has threatened possible military action against Cuba, according to The Associated Press. Castro has been involved with talks between the U.S. and Caribbean nation after the island was hit with power outages after Trump issued a blockade on oil. The potential indictment is connected to Castros alleged role in a shootdown of two planes in 1996 shootdown of two planes operated by a Miami-based exile group, the AP reported. #raulcastro #cuba #doj
Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…
