Ana Claudia Chacin

JUST IN: Xavier Suarez, the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami and the father of the city’s current mayor, announced Monday that he plans to file to run for mayor. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: Miami archbishop asks to hold Mass at Alligator Alcatraz. ‘Still waiting’ for answer miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Along with the 10 US citizens/residents, NGO Foro Penal has counted 48 people who were considered political prisoners who have been released as part of the US-El Salvador-Venezuela deal. Meanwhile, there are reports that over a dozen new political arrests have been made since.

Update: The city has filed a notice of appeal

Joe Carollo's political committee spent $500K to get Ralph Rosado elected last month Now, Carollo calls it “the worst political mistake that I’ve made in my life.” “I didn’t expect him to come here to be a lap dog — another lap dog — for Mayor Suarez.” miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w @clurhealy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Some of the contractors profiting off Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" have removed bios and pictures of company executives from their websites:

🚨 Miami-Dade schools are missing $35 MILLION just weeks before school starts. Frozen funds are putting support for 83,000+ English learners at risk. The superintendent has already cut spending — and says he’s taking the fight to Tallahassee and D.C. miamiherald.com/news/local/edu…

‘A black hole’: Attorneys say they still can’t reach clients in Alligator Alcatraz w/@anaceballos_ @SienaDuncan @clurhealy & @jayhweaver miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

Coming tomorrow. A collaboration between the Miami Herald and WLRN. wlrn.org/podcast/killer…

Over the weekend, the @MiamiHerald/@TB_Times obtained and published a list that is the first public accounting of who is being held or slated to be sent to the Florida-run detention center for migrants, known as Aligator Alcatraz. Non-subscribers can now access that story…

People detained at Alligator Alcatraz aren’t showing up in a government locator. Families and attorneys are struggling to find them. We obtained a list of 750+ names, and are publishing it here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

NEW: The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

New from me: Fernando Artese, a 63-year-old Argentine living in Miami, was on his way to a new life in Spain. Now, he’s locked up at Alligator Alcatraz. miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dad…

Miami mayor and Joe Carollo spent $1.6 million on Ralph Rosado’s election last month via @tessriski miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

For @MiamiHerald, I wrote about how the name "Alligator Alcatraz" and jokes about alligators eating detainees evoke the racist trope "gator bait." miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…

In its rush to open an immigrant detention camp in the middle of the Florida Everglades, the DeSantis administration used its emergency powers to suspend laws around minimum qualifications for law enforcement officers, truck driver safety, and permitting for portable toilets.

Florida test scores are up. But is that real progress — or just a new test? Experts say the state’s FAST exam is too new to draw long-term conclusions. My latest for @miamiherald miamiherald.com/news/local/edu…

Here is what we wrote:

After a restrained initial response to @GovRonDeSantis takeover of a Miami-Dade airport for a Everglades detention camp, @MayorDaniella getting more confrontational -- requesting video & in-person access to monitor inmate conditions, enviro impact miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…