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L\/R) US President President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tour a migrant detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. Pres <\/p>\n
MIAMI, Fla. – Miami residents and a student filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump<\/a> and Florida officials over the donation of college-owned land for a future presidential library.<\/p>\n Constitutional challenge in Miami <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n A group of residents, a student, and a nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that a land donation to Donald Trump’s library foundation is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n The legal challenge names the president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a>, and Miami Dade College as defendants. The 2.63-acre parcel of land in downtown Miami is valued at at least $67 million, though some appraisers believe the market value is hundreds of millions higher.<\/p>\n Library and hotel plans <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Gov. DeSantis moved in September to transfer the land, which sits next to the historic Freedom Tower, to the presidential library foundation.<\/p>\n In March, the president and his son, Eric Trump, shared plans for a massive skyscraper featuring a ballroom, a gold statue, and a presidential jet in the lobby. Trump told reporters in March that the building would most likely house a hotel and potentially office space.<\/p>\n Emoluments Clause allegations <\/p>\n Why you should care:<\/p>\n The lawsuit argues the land transfer violates the Domestic Emoluments Clause, which stops states from giving financial benefits to a sitting president.<\/p>\n Lawyers for the residents claim the land is no longer serving students or the Miami community. Instead, they argue the site will be used for a private hotel that brings wealth to the president.<\/p>\n Future of the downtown site <\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n It is not yet clear how the courts will rule on the constitutional challenge or if the land transfer will be paused during the litigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n The White House did not respond to requests for comment late Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, the final cost of the project and a specific construction timeline have not been released.<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this story was gathered from a lawsuit filed by the Constitutional Accountability Center and Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, who represent Miami residents, as well as public statements made by President Donald Trump and Florida officials.<\/p>\n Florida<\/a>Donald J. Trump<\/a>Ron DeSantis<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article L\/R) US President President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tour a migrant detention center, dubbed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28763,47,123,125,124,115,992,412,628],"class_list":["post-271130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-fl","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news","tag-people","tag-ron-desantis","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}