Migrant children deserve compassion, not callous politics, from Florida’s leaders | Opinion

Miami-Dade is the epicenter of Florida’s immigrant community, and I’m proud to represent a portion of it in the Florida House. The area I represent, House District 117, is home to one of the original Operation Pedro Pan facilities, where thousands of Cuban children arrived in the 1960s, sent by their families to escape the lawless violence of the Castro regime.