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Florida migration boom fades as rising costs push residents out

Miami-Dade is estimated to have lost about 10,000 residents between July 2024 and 2025.

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At the same time <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Florida&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/23/what-to-know-about-floridas-snap-changes" data-vars-content-id="5d7d63f5-99d0-464c-a1c6-2680399cdee4" data-vars-headline="Florida migration boom fades as rising costs push residents out" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/23/what-to-know-about-floridas-snap-changes" target="_self">Florida&#x27;s</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pandemic-era sunshine rush" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/22/state-list-florida-fastest-growing-census" data-vars-content-id="5d7d63f5-99d0-464c-a1c6-2680399cdee4" data-vars-headline="Florida migration boom fades as rising costs push residents out" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/22/state-list-florida-fastest-growing-census" target="_self">pandemic-era sunshine rush</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="slowed to a trickle" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/02/12/fewer-americans-move-florida-2025" data-vars-content-id="5d7d63f5-99d0-464c-a1c6-2680399cdee4" data-vars-headline="Florida migration boom fades as rising costs push residents out" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/02/12/fewer-americans-move-florida-2025" target="_self">slowed to a trickle</a>, affordability concerns pushed working-age residents to relocate.Why it matters: That&#x27;s the sobering state of play detailed in a recent <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Wall Street Journal article" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wsj.com/economy/floridas-population-boom-fizzles-as-high-costs-drive-away-middle-class-fbc6a345" data-vars-content-id="5d7d63f5-99d0-464c-a1c6-2680399cdee4" data-vars-headline="Florida migration boom fades as rising costs push residents out" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/floridas-population-boom-fizzles-as-high-costs-drive-away-middle-class-fbc6a345" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal article</a> digging into the Sunshine State&#x27;s changing migration patterns.

Miami Grand Prix fuels fan events and driver sightings across the city

McLaren race cars will roar through Coconut Grove, alongside a fan fest.

Sports

Before Formula 1 cars race around Hard Rock Stadium this weekend, they will roar through Coconut Grove during a McLaren show run on Wednesday.Why it matters: It&#x27;s one of the many free fan events happening this week around the Miami Grand Prix, proof that what happens off the track is almost as exciting as the race itself.

Miami-Dade to share district schools with charter operator

An agreement allows for charter schools to begin operation in August 2027.

Education

Five Miami-Dade County public high schools will soon have to share building space with a private charter school operator backed by <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="billionaire Ken Griffin" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/11/18/ken-griffin-miami-tallest-building" data-vars-content-id="776d5bd8-083f-4ce0-87a7-d2fa90c7199d" data-vars-headline="Miami-Dade to share district schools with charter operator" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/11/18/ken-griffin-miami-tallest-building" target="_self">billionaire Ken Griffin</a>.Why it matters: The unprecedented agreement is the sharpest signal yet of the state&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="effort to expand private and charter schools" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/05/12/florida-pathway-charters-private-schools-education" data-vars-content-id="776d5bd8-083f-4ce0-87a7-d2fa90c7199d" data-vars-headline="Miami-Dade to share district schools with charter operator" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/05/12/florida-pathway-charters-private-schools-education" target="_self">effort to expand private and charter schools</a>, which public education advocates argue undermines traditional public schools.

How to take public transportation to the Miami Grand Prix

It's cheaper and less stressful to take public transit.

Transit

If you don&#x27;t want to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pay for parking" data-vars-click-url="https://www.vividseats.com/formula-1-parking-tickets-miami-international-autodrome-parking-5-1-2026--sports-racing/production/6344024?quantity=1" data-vars-content-id="6bbe0235-70fa-410b-ada1-d9214dff0ba7" data-vars-headline="How to take public transportation to the Miami Grand Prix" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.vividseats.com/formula-1-parking-tickets-miami-international-autodrome-parking-5-1-2026--sports-racing/production/6344024?quantity=1" target="_blank">pay for parking</a> at the Miami Grand Prix, here are some other ways to get to the race at Hard Rock Stadium. Why it matters: Avoiding stadium traffic — and Miami&#x27;s wannabe F1 drivers — will add months back to your life. <ul><li>Plus, public transit has been a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="success" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2026/04/05/inter-miami-fans-public-transit-metrorail-tri-rail" data-vars-content-id="6bbe0235-70fa-410b-ada1-d9214dff0ba7" data-vars-headline="How to take public transportation to the Miami Grand Prix" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2026/04/05/inter-miami-fans-public-transit-metrorail-tri-rail" target="_self">success</a> at Inter Miami&#x27;s new soccer stadium.</li></ul>

Miami ICE leads U.S. in arrests, driven by local cops' cooperation

Florida tops the nation in ICE agreements with local police.

Immigration arrests in Florida have skyrocketed under President Trump, an increase local advocates attribute to how the state&#x27;s police departments have partnered with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Immigration and Customs Enforcement" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/ice-border-patrol-lyons-scott-trump-house-panel" data-vars-content-id="8a5c2819-84ba-4029-8fe0-332c2a7b348c" data-vars-headline="Miami ICE leads U.S. in arrests, driven by local cops&#x27; cooperation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/ice-border-patrol-lyons-scott-trump-house-panel" target="_self">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a>.Why it matters: While South Florida hasn&#x27;t seen the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="high-profile raids" data-vars-click-url="https://newrepublic.com/post/208648/ice-military-base-arrest-newlywed-soldier-wife" data-vars-content-id="8a5c2819-84ba-4029-8fe0-332c2a7b348c" data-vars-headline="Miami ICE leads U.S. in arrests, driven by local cops&#x27; cooperation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newrepublic.com/post/208648/ice-military-base-arrest-newlywed-soldier-wife" target="_blank">high-profile raids</a> or <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="large protests" data-vars-click-url="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/01/30/g-s1-108087/photos-thousands-once-again-protest-ice-in-minneapolis-and-across-the-u-s" data-vars-content-id="8a5c2819-84ba-4029-8fe0-332c2a7b348c" data-vars-headline="Miami ICE leads U.S. in arrests, driven by local cops&#x27; cooperation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/01/30/g-s1-108087/photos-thousands-once-again-protest-ice-in-minneapolis-and-across-the-u-s" target="_blank">large protests</a> that drew widespread attention to other communities, data shows the region is a national hot spot for immigration enforcement.

Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians

Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is scheduled to end Feb. 3.

Immigration

A major deadline looms for South Florida&#x27;s Haitian community, the Caribbean nation&#x27;s largest diaspora in the U.S. The big picture: More than 330,000 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Haitians" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/trump-tps-haitians-health-care-job-losses.html" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/trump-tps-haitians-health-care-job-losses.html" target="_blank">Haitians</a> nationwide may lose their legal status Tuesday as the federal government moves to terminate their Temporary Protected Status.<ul><li>Advocates say the expiration of TPS will fracture families and disrupt the health care industry, where many TPS holders work.</li></ul>Zoom in: Catholic Health Services — which offers assisted living care and other services at four medical centers across South Florida — says 44 of its employees are TPS holders.<ul><li>Brian Kiedrowski, of Catholic Health Services, said at a recent news conference that the end of TPS would impact patient care.</li><li>&quot;If TPS ends, while we will be losing our essential caregivers, it is actually our patients — the frail, the aging, the vulnerable — who will feel the loss most.&quot;</li><li>Meanwhile, a senior care center in Boca Raton expects to lose 30 employees with TPS, the center&#x27;s chief executive told the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New York Times" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/trump-tps-haitians-health-care-job-losses.html" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/trump-tps-haitians-health-care-job-losses.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>.</li></ul>What they&#x27;re saying: Community leaders — from Archbishop Thomas Wenski to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava — urged the Trump administration to extend deportation protections for Haitians living here.<ul><li>&quot;We should not force Haitians back into a crisis back in Haiti, nor should we create another crisis here because we are forcing them out of their jobs,&quot; Wenski said.</li></ul>State of play: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="TPS" data-vars-click-url="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status" target="_blank">TPS</a> allows foreign nationals to temporarily work and live in the U.S. if the government determines that their home countries are not safe or cannot handle their return. <ul><li>The protection, meant for countries impacted by armed conflict or natural disaster, has been regularly renewed for Haitians since they received it after the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="2010 earthquake" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/general-news-b5b989398d08474ab3387249e03bc6be" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/general-news-b5b989398d08474ab3387249e03bc6be" target="_blank">2010 earthquake</a> killed more than 220,000 people.</li></ul>But conditions on the island are even worse now, advocates say.<ul><li>The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Miami Herald" data-vars-click-url="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article314413869.html#storylink=cpy" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article314413869.html#storylink=cpy" target="_blank">Miami Herald</a> reports that gangs control a majority of the country&#x27;s capital, and more than <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="1.4 million Haitians" data-vars-click-url="https://www.iom.int/news/displacement-haiti-reaches-record-high-14-million-people-flee-violence" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.iom.int/news/displacement-haiti-reaches-record-high-14-million-people-flee-violence" target="_blank">1.4 million Haitians</a> have been internally displaced from their homes this year. </li><li>The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="United Nations" data-vars-click-url="https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166801" data-vars-content-id="635a39d4-8688-498e-b643-78a772895ff2" data-vars-headline="Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166801" target="_blank">United Nations</a> says more than 8,100 killings were documented in Haiti between January and November of 2025.</li></ul>The other side: A federal notice announcing the termination of TPS for Haitians states that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem &quot;has determined that while the current situation in Haiti is concerning, the United States must prioritize its national interests.&quot;What&#x27;s next: Multiple lawsuits are challenging the decision, and one judge has indicated she plans to rule before Tuesday&#x27;s expiration date, the Herald reported.

As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba

South Florida is home to the largest Venezuelan and Cuban diasporas in the U.S., according to the Migration Policy Institute.

Politics

As deposed Venezuelan leader <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Nicolás Maduro" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/05/maduro-trial-charges-court-case-arraignment-trump" data-vars-content-id="57f2c5ae-cc7c-4ca5-ac17-817377a86b7d" data-vars-headline="As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/05/maduro-trial-charges-court-case-arraignment-trump" target="_self">Nicolás Maduro</a> appeared in a New York courtroom on Monday, South Florida&#x27;s Venezuelan community waited to learn more about the country&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="path forward" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/americas/trump-venezuela-leader-rodriguez-machado.html" data-vars-content-id="57f2c5ae-cc7c-4ca5-ac17-817377a86b7d" data-vars-headline="As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/americas/trump-venezuela-leader-rodriguez-machado.html" target="_blank">path forward</a>.Why it matters: Maduro&#x27;s arrest sparked <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="celebrations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2026/01/03/venezuelans-miami-celebrate-nicolas-maduro-capture" data-vars-content-id="57f2c5ae-cc7c-4ca5-ac17-817377a86b7d" data-vars-headline="As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2026/01/03/venezuelans-miami-celebrate-nicolas-maduro-capture" target="_self">celebrations</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="protests" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wlrn.org/south-florida/2026-01-03/anti-trump-protesters-to-rally-at-miamis-torch-of-friendship-against-us-attack-on-venezuela" data-vars-content-id="57f2c5ae-cc7c-4ca5-ac17-817377a86b7d" data-vars-headline="As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wlrn.org/south-florida/2026-01-03/anti-trump-protesters-to-rally-at-miamis-torch-of-friendship-against-us-attack-on-venezuela" target="_blank">protests</a> in South Florida, but its long-term implications for Venezuelans here and their loved ones at home remain unclear.<ul><li>Meanwhile, speculation is rising that the U.S. could act next against Cuba, another nation with a major Miami-area diaspora.</li></ul>

Venezuelans in Miami celebrate capture of Nicolás Maduro

People filled the streets in Doral for hours on Saturday.

Politics & Policy

Miami-Dade County&#x27;s Venezuelan community celebrated the capture of president Nicolás Maduro with a day-long rally that drew hundreds on Saturday.The big picture: Greater Miami is home to the largest <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Venezuelan diaspora" data-vars-click-url="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/venezuelan-immigrants-united-states#distribution" data-vars-content-id="55bf1a92-b07e-4876-9a92-3ee0ad315ec8" data-vars-headline="Venezuelans in Miami celebrate capture of Nicolás Maduro" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/venezuelan-immigrants-united-states#distribution" target="_blank">Venezuelan diaspora</a> in the U.S.

Human rights org reports "torture," "inhumane" conditions at Alligator Alcatraz

The DeSantis administration dismissed the report, calling the allegations "fabrications."

Conditions at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Alligator Alcatraz" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/07/21/alligator-alcatraz-florida-myth-racist-history" data-vars-content-id="cd3e5b9b-c3b0-4a33-81a3-3d15ac07f2f0" data-vars-headline="Human rights org reports &quot;torture,&quot; &quot;inhumane&quot; conditions at Alligator Alcatraz" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/07/21/alligator-alcatraz-florida-myth-racist-history" target="_self">Alligator Alcatraz</a>, the immigrant detention center in the Everglades, are &quot;inhumane and unsanitary,&quot; in some cases amounting to &quot;torture,&quot; according to a new report.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="report" data-vars-click-url="https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/torture-and-enforced-disappearances-in-the-sunshine-state-human-rights-violations-at-alligator-alcatraz-and-krome-in-florida/" data-vars-content-id="cd3e5b9b-c3b0-4a33-81a3-3d15ac07f2f0" data-vars-headline="Human rights org reports &quot;torture,&quot; &quot;inhumane&quot; conditions at Alligator Alcatraz" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/torture-and-enforced-disappearances-in-the-sunshine-state-human-rights-violations-at-alligator-alcatraz-and-krome-in-florida/" target="_blank">report</a>, authored by the human rights organization Amnesty International, claims the centers do not comply with international human rights laws and standards.