DeSantis Proposes $25 Million for Miami Tower Used to Process Refugees From Communist Cuba

A man holds a "Free Cuba" sign during a Freedom Rally showing support for Cubans demonstrating against their government, at Freedom Tower in Miami, Fla., on July 17, 2021. Eva Marie Utzcategui/AFP via Getty Images

Miami’s 100-year-old Freedom Tower will get a major renovation with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing he will give $25 million to the project in the state’s 2022 budget proposal.

The Freedom Tower has “served as a beacon of hope for the thousands of Cubans who escaped their homeland to find freedom,” DeSantis said at a news conference on Nov. 15.