Miami’s Mayor Climbs Aboard the Trump Train
The county may need billions in federal funds for a transit system.
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He’s the immigrant mayor of Miami-Dade County—where most people speak a foreign language at home and half the population was born abroad—and he voted for Hillary Clinton. Yet Mayor Carlos Gimenez is falling in line with President Trump’s demands on immigration, and many of his constituents are furious.
After Trump threatened to curtail federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities that protect illegal immigrants from federal immigration laws, Gimenez quickly eliminated the policy that had landed Miami-Dade on a list of sanctuary jurisdictions. But even amid growing uproar in the community, the mayor is clear about his motive: It’s all about the money.