Florida Lawmakers
Along with up-to-date political coverage, The Floridian takes the opportunity to write about the profiles of Florida lawmakers, senators, & other politicians. Read more here!
Recent reports alleging that Cuban government officials beat incarcerated Cuban political activist José Daniel Ferrer could result in expanded sanctions for Cuba. Cuban authorities allegedly brutally beat Ferrer after he began a hunger strike in protest of the government’sundemocratic practices. As reported by The Floridian’s Adrian Morgade, Ferrer’s sister, Ana Belkis Ferrer Garcia, released a […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that President Donald Trump will attend the official opening of the new "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility on Tuesday, marking the biggest Florida-federal alignment on illegal immigration to date. Trump will fly to Ochopee to join DeSantis at Alligator Alcatraz, the state's controversial new migrant detention facility in the Everglades, the Florida […]
The US State Department is reportedly planning to revoke British band Bob Vylan’s US visas due to their recent antisemitic comments. Vylan, a London-based duo mixing punk rock and hip-hop, recently stirred controversy for chanting antisemitic slogans during their latest performance at the Glastonbury music festival. “Death, death to the IDF,” chanted the duo during […]
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R), demanded the Cuban Regime release Cuban political activist and Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU) founder, José Daniel Ferrer after his arrest in April 2025. “Reports of [José] being tortured by the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime as they wrongfully imprisoned him are horrific. We must have immediate proof of life and demand a humanitarian […]
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, (D-FL) condemned the Trump administration for shutting down key hurricane forecast satellites. “In the middle of hurricane season, the Trump Administration is shutting down a satellite program that's crucial for hurricane forecasting,” he said. Rep. Frost explained that “this will make it harder for millions in Florida and beyond to get accurate […]
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, (D-FL) released a statement, urging the Trump administration to find a permanent solution for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), holders fleeing political collapse in Haiti. The U.S. initially offered TPS to Haitians in January 2010 following a devastating earthquake and has since extended it to those fleeing the collapse of the Haitian government, […]
Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) is touting her ‘Dignity Act’ on the heels of the Supreme Court’s recent decision temporarily permitting President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship ban for illegal immigrants. President Trump’s ‘Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship’ order exempts children born to illegal immigrants from citizenship rights. The executive order symbolizes the zenith […]
Environmental protection groups filed suit against state and federal immigration authorities on Friday to block construction on the new "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, two non-profits dedicated to environmental protection. […]
Florida's new Senate Democratic Leader, Lori Berman, sent a Friday letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis comparing the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center to a "makeship prison camp" that may violate the U.S. Constitution. Berman, hastily elected to lead Senate Democrats in the hours after Sen. Jason Pizzo suddenly abandoned the role and quit the party, referred […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently ordered the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in an effort to purportedly take “the politics out of ship naming.” The USNS Milk was ordered to be named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk during former President Barack Obama’s administration. Milk, whose homosexual tendencies […]
U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, (D-FL), forcefully pushed back on what he described as growing antisemitism occurring both in Congress and online during an interview with The Floridian. Rep. Moskowitz warns that anti-semitic congressmen are weaponizing such narratives to divide American society and undermine democratic institutions. “If you want to start dividing a society, if you […]
Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) recently warned Honduran officials against manipulating results in the country’s upcoming presidential elections. Honduras is governed by the progressive ‘Libertad y Refundación’ Party (LIBRE), led by President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. While Honduras’s presidential elections are scheduled for November 2025, candidates challenging LIBRE complained of questionable election counts in the primaries […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that Florida will partner with five out-of-state university systems to create a new college accreditation board, challenging higher education’s “woke cartels.” DeSantis’s comments came at a Florida Atlantic University press conference, where he revealed his plans for the new Commission for Public Higher Education. He claimed that this new accreditor […]
TAMPA – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, (R-FL), signed SB 1620 and SB 168, two bills designed to bolster Florida’s Mental Healthcare capabilities. Gov. DeSantis said in a statement these pieces of legislation aim to “support Floridians overcoming mental health challenges and substance use disorders” and to turn Florida into the leading nation in “delivering meaningful […]
President Donald Trump and his cabinet recently travelled to the Hague, Netherlands, for a summit with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The summit concluded with a historic agreement by NATO members to each spend a minimum 5% of their GDP on defense. President Trump, a former critic of NATO members’ unwillingness to adequately finance […]
TALLAHASSEE—Days after Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a new law allowing the death penalty for child sex traffickers, Attorney General James Uthmeier coordinated a historic effort to rescue 60 missing kids from abuse. Uthmeier spoke to The Floridian in a phone interview about the two-week-long “Operation Dragon Eye,” the largest child recovery mission in the history […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) recently introduced the American Students First Act, which would limit the number of foreign student visas available to prioritize native-born American students. The Act would limit the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities with F and M visas under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) at 10% of […]
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) lamented the negative economic impacts on the economy of some of President Donald Trump’s recent deportation and immigrant law enforcement efforts. In a hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Representative Salazar sought the latter’s economic expertise to support claims that decreased numbers of immigrant workers harm the economy. Salazar […]
