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Back to EpisodesPolice in Florida take on immigration, Medically Unnecessary, ‘Your Florida’ legislative session week 4 and weekly news briefing
Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the growing number of local police departments entering training agreements with ICE. First, we spoke with WGCU’s Elizabeth Andarge (00:44 ) about the city of Fort Myers' vote reversal before hearing from Mayor Kevin Anderson (05:25). Then, we learned more about the ICE 287 (g) agreements from WLRN’s Danny Rivero and Rick Brunson with Central Florida Public Media (CFPM) (06:54). We also highlighted a new series from CFPM that examines how children with complex medical needs are faring after losing Medicaid coverage (20:00). Plus, another look at this week in the Florida Legislature with WUSF’s Douglas Soule (32:45). And later, a roundup of stories from the week including a virtual experience to Venezuela (37:28) and a bird-watching trip in Tampa (44:32).