. . Legend In the 1960s and 1970s the Attorney General's authority was used to grant parole or special permission to allow Cubans to enter the country However parole only allows an individual permission to enter the country not to stay permanently to allow these immigrants to stay the Cuban Adjustment Act was passed in 1966 This act provides that the immigration status of any Cuban who arrived since 1959 who has been physically present in the United States for at least a year "may be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" (green card holder) the individual must be admissible to the United States (i.e not disqualified on criminal or other grounds). ; Miami's Freedom Tower 12 Sports, Economy About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km) not including the contribution of the many barrier islands Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S state the climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south the American alligator American crocodile American flamingo Roseate spoonbill Florida panther bottlenose dolphin and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state Along with Hawaii Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate and is the only continental state with either a tropical climate or a coral reef the Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef), Miami bass innovators include Maggotron and Luther Campbell's 2 Live Crew the lyrics to Miami bass are sexually explicit so when 2 Live Crew achieved national attention these lyrics caused a controversy Several music stores were prosecuted under obscenity laws for selling the disc and the members of 2 Live Crew were arrested for performing songs from the album Nasty as They Wanna Be the charges were subsequently dropped. Netherlands Netherlands The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area. A canal lock in the Everglades Drainage District around 1915, CR 973 Galloway Road extension of SR 973 In 1926 the original Booker T Washington Senior High School building opened in what is now the Overtown district it was the only secondary black high school at the time in South Florida enrolling students from as far away as Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Average maximum and minimum levels of rainfall for the lower east coast of Florida from 1918 to 1985 12 Cultural institutions Golden Panthers fans at FIU Stadium. Traditional rivals of the FIU Panthers include Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami the Panthers football team competes in the annual Shula Bowl a yearly football game played for the Don Shula Award against in-state rival Florida Atlantic University Due to this competition in the Shula Bowl the rivalry between the two schools has grown with the rivalry extending into the men's baseball and basketball teams as well. Arts & Entertainment District Brickell Coconut Grove Coral Way Downtown Miami Edgewater Midtown Miami Park West and the Upper Eastside, In September 2008 the school board bought out Dr Rudy Crew's contract with the district due to mismanaging the budget and his relations with other board members He was replaced by Alberto Carvalho who was previously a science teacher in this school system.[citation needed], Paul Cejas School of Architecture Building 2003. Fire stations The Miami-Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus the director of the department is Juan Perez who succeeded J.D Patterson Jr the Department's headquarters are in Doral Florida. . 6.2 Police Department Tunnel and Deep Dredge Later years (23.2) 69.0 NBA basketball player. Electronic dance music, Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Florida in the American Civil War.
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