"I'm increasingly concerned with the growing cases of people in the United States who have fled oppressive regimes and are being detained and held for possible deportation."

The announcement represents another chapter in the unprecedented blurring of lines between Trump's personal business interests and his executive authority.

Some high-profile Latino Republican elected officials have expressed concerns over the Trump administration's handling of immigration and deportations.

The City of Miami is expected to decide Tuesday whether to allow its police department to partner with federal immigration authorities and empower them to enforce federal immigration laws. It would be the latest in a growing list of municipalities in the county to do so,

U.S. intelligence claims Iran isn't pursuing a nuclear weapon, contrary to Trump's views, raising questions about assessments and political loyalties within the administration.

Eric Trump, the presidential son helping vet sites for his father's future library, earlier this year visited parking lots next to the historic building in downtown Miami as part of the vetting process for potential sites,

Curitiba, the capital of a wealthy agricultural state, is becoming a new favored destination as the US turns its back on those fleeing the communist island