Fabiola Santiago
The Miami Herald
Miami, FL, United States
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There’s no place in Border Patrol for such inhumanity. Agents must be fired.
A secret Facebook page for Border Patrol agents exposed by ProPublica has vulgar, racist, xenophobic and misogynist memes, jokes, comments about immigrants and Latinas in Congress like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. → Read More
Who holds the title for the biggest screw-up on Cuba issues? Hint: It’s not a Democrat
What Democratic presidential candidates say about Cuba or Venezuela matters. Not quoting Che Guevara or Fidel Castro is basic, Bill de Blasio. It feeds GOP socialism hysteria. At stake is the Cuban-American vote. → Read More
Neither Cuba nor Venezuela was on Trump’s mind in Miami campaign stop. Bored already?
For a president who has upended U.S.-Cuba policy, Trump had little say about Cuba or Venezuela during a Miami campaign visit. Hopefully for Venezuelans, his silence isn’t indicative of a loss of interest. → Read More
Florida’s Emerald Coast: icky June grass, Matt Gaetz fans — and pirates who love Jesus
Traveling to Florida’s Emerald Coast on summer vacation? Prepare for a “no foreign language” code, June grass on Panhandle beaches, Matt Gaetz fans in Fort Walton Beach — and pirates in Destin who love Jesus. → Read More
Aboard the Buccaneer Pirate Cruise
Inside the Pirate Cruise, the pirates egg on sword and water-gun fights and competition to find treasure. → Read More
UFO sightings over Florida! Should we tell the aliens there’s no intelligent life here?
In a story titled, ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects, the New York Times describes sighting over Jacksonville, Florida, possibly of aliens or.. .a fleet of drones? → Read More
Trip to Israel by Florida governor and Cabinet weakens once-proud open government
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his Cabinet and lawmakers will travel to Israel with lobbyists and hold an official meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in a junket trip that could violate open government laws. → Read More
My mother has Alzheimer’s, but she still has so much to teach me
How can a terrible disease like Alzheimer’s and dementia bond a daughter to her mother more when she’s disappearing? Every Mother’s Day, every holiday that I have Mami is a gift of the long goodbye. → Read More
Who benefits from Florida’s sweeping bid to turn police into ICE agents? Big GOP donor
If Florida has no sanctuary cities and fewer undocumented, why are Gov. Ron DeSantis, GOP chairman Joe Gruters, House Speaker José Oliva turning police into ICE agents? To benefit donor GEO Group, prison operators. → Read More
Latinos, you’ll need your passport in a new Florida where cops are ICE agents, too
Florida Hispanics, immigrants, Latino voters, visitors, can expect an unfriendly landscape the Florida Legislature’s approval of a bill banning sanctuary policies that turn local police into ICE agents. Gov. Ron DeSantis supports it. → Read More
Trump gives Cuba regime the gift of isolation – with help from his Miami friends
President Trump’s new Cuba policy, announced by national security adviser John Bolton in Miami during a Bay of Pigs event, pleases Cuban-American allies like Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. But is it sound? → Read More
He almost got away with political payback. But Floridians love their firefighters.
Florida House Speaker José Oliva relented to public pressure and is letting firefighter cancer- coverage legislation be heard. But the Miami Lakes Republican tried to get away with political payback. Legislature should pass bill. → Read More
Lawsuit spotlights how Miami-Dade police treat black young men. It’s appalling
Two young black men, Robert Menard and Steven Payne, are suing Miami-Dade County police and Officer Carlos D. Angulo for racial profiling, pulling a gun on them, falsely accusing them of resisting, and other civil rights violations. → Read More
Giving parents the right to force minors to give birth is horrific
The abortion bills moving through Florida Legislature aren’t pro-life but harmful to health and families. One requires parental consent for minors, another bans abortion once fetal heartbeat is detected at six weeks. → Read More
Marco Rubio is fear-mongering and playing to people’s ignorance about socialism
Florida Senator Marco Rubio fights for democracy abroad but fear-mongers and plays to ignorance in Miami. Democrats’ presidential debate, he says, promotes socialism in city of ‘victims’ from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua. → Read More
Harvard-bound Dreamer: ‘You have to work hard, center yourself, believe you can do it’
Afraid a hospital visit would get her family deported, Monica Lazaro’s undocumented mother delayed treatment and died of colon cancer. Now, the Miami Dreamer and DACA recipient has been admitted to Harvard University to study public health policy. But her immigration status poses financial problems. → Read More
Let’s make sure Shannon Melendi’s killer stays where he belongs: in prison for life
On this 25th anniversary of Shannon Melendi’s kidnapping, rape, and murder, her father Luis is leading a petition drive to keep her killer, Colvin “Butch” Hinton, in prison for life without parole. A loophole in Georgia law allows a hearing by February 2020. → Read More
New Trump travel policy takes Cubans back to old family separation standard
The Trump administration’s new restrictive Cuba visa and travel policy means family separation, and possibly, increased illegal crossings. It also won’t change a thing for Cuban exiles forbidden a return. Thanks, Senator Marco Rubio. → Read More
Protecting dogs from being tethered outside in a storm is a good start, but not enough
If Senator Joe Gruters’ SB 1738 bill passes, it would be illegal in Florida to leave your dog tethered outside during hurricane evacuation. A good step forward in animal cruelty legislation. But it doesn’t go far enough to protect pets left behind. → Read More
Florida’s DOT has a plan for us: Cars flying over our heads on the Palmetto. Genius!
Florida’s Department of Transportation has a new plan for Miami-Dade: Double-decking the Palmetto Expressway south of 836 to South Dade with toll lanes on the flyover. Pay to drive in less traffic is the DOT way. → Read More