

Thomas University and the director of the school’s immigration clinic. We also heard from Michael Vastine, a professor of law at St. We spoke with Cruz about the impact of this ruling. “This means the separation of these families and going back to these countries that are in no condition to receive them,” said José Miguel Cruz, the director of research at FIU's Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center. Many of these TPS holders have lived in the U.S. The Trump administration has been trying to end TPS for people from six countries for years and this latest ruling brings that reality closer. TPS protects immigrants fleeing war or natural disasters from deportation and allows them to work in the U.S. This affects Temporary Protected Status holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. could face deportation as early as next year after a federal court ruled in favor of ending their temporary protection. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. We spoke with Ceballos about Florida entering phase three reopening and what that means locally for South Florida. “It’s rendering many of the rules toothless - meaning that there’s really not much of a punishment for individuals if they break any social distancing rules, leaving governments in this awkward position,” said Ana Ceballos, the Miami Herald’s state government reporter, about the order, which suspends fines and feed as an “act of executive grace.” The executive order also limits the ability of local governments to restrict business activity and enforce social distancing and mask requirements. You turn to WLRN for reporting you can trust and stories that move our South Florida community forward. Petersburg, noting the economic toll the pandemic has put on many small businesses. He made the announcement Friday at an empty restaurant in St. Ron DeSantis moved the state into phase three. It was a much different scene for South Florida’s nightlife on Saturday as bars and nightclubs re-opened their doors for the first time since March, after Gov. Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company, contributed to this report).On this Monday, Sept. She said it’s also not known why giant manta rays breach, or jump out of the water, it could be a mating ritual, they could be trying to dislodge parasites, or it could be a way of communicating because it makes a loud sound. But that’s what we’re going to conduct a study to figure out,” Pate said. It could be for mating, it could be for feeding, it could be for both. “I’m not sure exactly what’s driving this large aggregation. On Sunday, she spotted 64 adult giant manta rays while conducting an aerial survey of the area between Sebastian and Daytona Beach - which includes Satellite Beach. She’s just started studying why adult manta rays aggregate off of central and north Florida in the spring.

Pate told CNN that about 50 people have sent her Escandell’s photo over the last few days. “Their populations are declining worldwide,” said Jessica Pate, a senior scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation. The slow-swimming, migratory fish are listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act and as endangered on the IUCN Red List. Giant manta rays are the world’s largest rays and can grow to a wingspan of up to 29 feet. He didn’t know the surfer in the photo, but they’ve talked since the photo went viral. His daughter and her boyfriend are both marine biologists and said they’d seen some manta rays in the water after he took the photo, Escandell said.Įscandell owns an auto repair shop and lives in nearby Satellite Beach, and said he enjoys taking pictures at the beach fairly regularly. “It could have been a fish, could have been anything.”Įscandell had taken a burst of photos that showed the ray breaching out of the water. “I kind of saw a splash behind the surfer, but didn’t think much of it,” he said. Just ask Rusty Escandell, a lucky photographer who captured an epic photobomb when a giant manta ray leaped out of the water as he was taking pictures of surfers off Satellite Beach.Įscandell said he took the photograph on March 14, while spending the day with family and friends at a beach near Officers Club Beach at Patrick Space Force Base, but he didn’t realize it until he got home. MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) - Timing is everything, especially when it comes to spectacular photography. Join us for one of our night manta ray tours to get a closer look at the beautiful and graceful creatures. Out of the water at the same time the picture was being taken. On MaCBS Miami reported on a giant manta ray photobombing a Florida Surfer by jumping
