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At the end of last week, members of the Florida congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas “calling upon the Department to redesignate and extend...

This week, U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Darren Soto, D-Fla., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz led bipartisan members of the Florida congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of...

In their letter, the senators cite the importance of reinstating protection to eligible Haitians in the United States that are unable to return safely to their homeland due to a compounding set of devastation from national disasters, political unrest, and extraordinary conditions facing the island.

The Florida delegation applauded the news which is expected to impact around 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S.

Scott is accusing the White House of backing open borders and amnesty, including his push for a 100-day pause on deportations and an order for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release individuals awaiting deportation.

The move protects some 200,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S. from being sent back to what Trump called a “deteriorative condition” under the socialist regime of Nicholas Maduro. The move has long been sought by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who sits on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The measure cleared the U.S. House in 2019 but did not pass the U.S. Senate. In recent years, Florida’s two U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--have pushed the Trump administration to offer Venezuelans fleeing the Maduro regime TPS.

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging them to immediately consider and pass his resolution condemning human rights violations in Communist China and urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Games out of China, where more than one million Uyghurs are being held in concentration camps while the people of Hong Kong are being arrested and denied the basic rights they were promised.

This month marks one year of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. I applaud President Trump's decision to hold Communist China accountable for breaking its long-standing agreement with Hong Kong by revoking Hong Kong's special status. This was a bold and necessary step, as Beijing continues its quest for authoritarian control of Hong Kong and its people.

“Today’s assault by the despotic Maduro regime and his mercenaries is yet another move to undermine the only democratic body left in Venezuela, the National Assembly,” said Rubio on Sunday.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is starting to resurface as a factor in Florida politics.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will be heading to South Florida later this week to focus on efforts to bring democracy to Venezuela.