Eileen Higgins: Government officials are talking about our residents as if they are less than human. They are not criminals. They're part of this community'

"Eileen Higgins has taken the bull by the horns in the Miami mayoral race, launching a fierce attack against President Donald Trump's immigration agenda, which she claims has caused much pain in this city of immigrants. The regret of those who supported the Republican president and now face the consequences of his policies, which directly affect their families, is emerging as her trump card."

"Although the Miami mayoral race is not officially partisan, it has become a national battleground between Democrat Higgins and Republican former city manager and chief administrative officer of Miami, Emilio Gonzalez. The 61-year-old Ohio native, who served as a Miami-Dade County commissioner for seven years, led the first round with 36% of the vote, followed by Gonzalez with 19%. If she wins the election, in which she is the favorite, she would become Miami's first female mayor, and it would also be the first time a Democrat and someone who is not of Cuban or Cuban-American descent has held that office in the last 30 years."

Eileen Higgins is running a campaign focused on opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration agenda, arguing those policies have caused pain in Miami's immigrant communities. Regret among some Trump supporters whose families are affected by the policies is central to her appeal. The contest, formally nonpartisan, has become a nationalized duel between Democrat Higgins and Republican Emilio Gonzalez. Higgins led the first round with 36% to Gonzalez's 19% and faces a runoff on December 9. A Higgins victory would produce Miami's first female mayor and break a three-decade pattern of Cuban or Cuban-American officeholders. National endorsements have heightened the race's significance as a test of Hispanic voting trends.

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