When she was a Miami-Dade commissioner, Daniella Levine Cava passed legislation that created a county office to help permanent visa holders in the Miami area become U.S. citizens. Now in her second term as mayor, Levine Cava has proposed eliminating the county’s Office of New Americans, according to budget documents.
This year, Miami-Dade faces a $402 million deficit in the $3.6 billion budget for police, jails, parks and other core services that rely on property taxes for the bulk of their funding.
To close that gap, Levine Cava is preparing a package of spending cuts, layoffs and fee increases in the 2026 budget proposal she’s expected to unveil Tuesday, according to planning documents the Miami Herald obtained through a public-records request…