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🌱 Keys driver’s stop in Marathon leads to days in ICE custody

Marathon, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi there, Marathon! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Keys driver’s stop in Marathon leads to days in ICE custody

Also on today's calendar: Heroes Salute 5K Run/Walk and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Occasional rain and a t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 83 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 88, low: 83.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 90 and low of 82 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This ICE Office Detains People for Days in Overcrowded Holding Cells (reason.com) — A woman stopped while driving through the Florida Keys was first taken to a CBP field office in Marathon before enduring days in overcrowded ICE holding cells in Miramar. Her story highlights growing concerns about extended detentions, lack of medical care, and restricted legal access at South Florida immigration facilities, issues that could affect Keys residents with pending immigration cases.
   

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  • Shaner Hotel Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Laundry Attendant | Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club, a Curio by Hilton in Marathon. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Key Largo

  • Chump refuses to face the truth (blogspot.com)
  • WUCF's Florida Road Trip returns Sept. 17 with eight new episodes (wftv.com)
  • Man airlifted from Key West to SW Miami-Dade after being bitten by a shark (wsvn.com)

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Ok Marathon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Marathon

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Marathon

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.