Jim DeFede
Investigative Reporter at WFOR-TV (Miami, FL)
Investigative reporter CBS News Miami; host of Facing South Florida on Sunday mornings. Author of The Day The World Came To Town Email:[email protected]
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6 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Jim DeFede
Pembroke Pines City Commissioner Jay Schwartz is under investigation for allegedly representing himself as a law enforcement officer, confronting a group of students at a local high school, and allegedly attempting to search them, CBS News Miami has learned. The interaction between Schwartz and the students took place on the morning of May 21, near the end of the school year, at Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, where Schwartz, a pilot, is a visiting instructor teaching a class on aviation.
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3 weeks ago |
spokesman.com | Jim DeFede
Edgar Allan Poe once wrote: “I became insane with intervals of horrible sanity.”John Lennon was fond of the expression: “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”And Franz Kafka held to the belief, “I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably happy.”Poe, Lennon and Kafka – none of them made it past 40.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jim DeFede
Immigration enforcement Jim talks to Sui Chung, the executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice. The two discuss immigration enforcement here, specifically what is happening inside local detention centers like Krome. She has been documenting the conditions, and shares how they have deteriorated when it comes to overcrowding, as well as access to counsel, and medical careGuest: Sui Chung/Exec.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jim DeFede
One-on-one with Rep. Jared Moskowitz Jim goes one-on-one with Jared Moskowitz on a variety of topics, with a focus on the congressman's belief that cuts made to FEMA will hinder its ability to be ready to respond what hurricane season might bring. Guest: Rep.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Jim DeFede
Florida state budgetThe Florida Legislature has one responsibility – to pass a budget. But the 60-day session has come and gone, and legislators are nowhere close to a budget deal. Jim talks to State Senator Shevrin Hones about that, and when there might be a budget agreement. Guest: State Sen.
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RT @CBSMiami: Sui Chung, executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, discusses immigration enforcement in South Florida, specifi…
RT @CBSMiami: Jim talks with retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who is considering a run for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. @DeFede https:…
My interview with retired Lt Col @AVindman where we discuss Ukraine, the state of the world, Donald Trump and his possible run for Senate in Florida. @CBSMiami https://t.co/6EUELMN73j
