Immigration Policy

Marco Rubio Says Immigrants Must Speak Proficient English to Become Legal

Marco Rubio, the first person to deliver a response to the State of the Union in both English and Spanish (the English version was kinda dry, hey-ohhhhh) wants immigrants to be proficient in speaking English before being given permanent residency. "On the day we announced the principles that would ... More >>

Former Republican Hispanic Outreach Chief Blasts GOP "Hate," Registers as Democrat

That GOP need to build bridges to the nation's Hispanic community? The need party elders have talked so much about since Barack Obama was re-elected largely due to Hispanic support? The need that's propelled Florida's own Marco Rubio to preeminence in the early scouting reports on the GOP 2016 presd ... More >>

Obama Says Marco Rubio Has Been a "Positive Force" on Immigration

Barack Obama took to the TV and told the world that Marco Rubio "has been a very positive force" in the immigration debate. Hmm.Obama is up to no good. He has to be. Why else would he suddenly be praising the GOPers' Goldeny Golden-Touch Golden Boy of the Golden Future Rubio? What say you, Admira ... More >>

Jeb Bush Versus Marco Rubio: Jeb Just John Kerry'd Marco

Look, you guys. It's not so much that Jeb Bush is out of step with everyone else on immigration reform or that he's a complete flip-flopping dolt. It's just that he has horrible timing. And, as Jeb! points out himself, people were totally against the whole "path to citizenship" thing when he was ... More >>

Marco Rubio Rejects His Own Immigration Proposal, Because of Barack Obama

Shining Beacon of Light Marco Rubio called President Obama's first draft on immigration reform "dead on arrival" yesterday, saying that the president's bill "repeats the failures of past legislation" and that the bill will die as soon as it enters the hallowed halls of Congress just like every past, ... More >>

Marco Rubio Among Eight-Member Bipartisan Group Behind Immigration Reform Deal

A group of eight Democratic senators and Republican senators have decided to stop it already with all the bickering and do some bipartisan work and have released an immigration reform framework that includes a "path to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants -- a day earlier than when Obama is supp ... More >>

Two Activists Infiltrate a Facility Where Illegal Immigrants Are Held

Supreme Court Shoots Down Large Parts of SB 1070, Arizona Immigration Law That Rubio Dislikes, Romney Might Dislike, Who Knows?

We had a four-story package a few weeks ago that looked at Arizona's SB 1070, the controversial law that would turn local law enforcement into immigration officials -- the controversial law that was just gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court.The court said this morning that Arizona was not allowed to mak ... More >>

Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law: Florida's Stances on Both Sides of SB 1070

This week's issue includes a four-story special report from Village Voice Media about SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law that both casts criminal suspicion on anyone who looks Latino and transforms local law enforcement officers into immigration investigators. It's featured nationally because it i ... More >>

Days of Rage: The U.S. Supreme Court and President Obama Leave the Undocumented and Their Allies No Choice but to Escalate Civil Disobedience

Dream Act Bill Filed in Florida Legislature

The Dream Act would help immigrant students.​A bill that would make college more affordable for undocumented immigrants has recently been filed in the Florida Legislature.If passed, the Dream Act would allow undocumented immigrants who attended three or more years of high school in Florida to qual ... More >>

Mexican Macro-Economics

Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

FAIR-y Tales

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

DREAM Act Could Be Dream Come True for Coral Springs FSU Grad

Andrea Huerfano​This weekend dozens of undocumented immigrants took to the sands of Miami Beach to tell Congress to pass the DREAM Act this week. About 50 people formed human billboards spelling out the words "Dream Act Now" and "Call [Sen. George] Lemieux Now."Activists in South Florida -- a fron ... More >>

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Seized: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

Ronnie's Kids

Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Who is John Tanton and Why Should You Care? Just Ask Joyce Tarnow.

Joyce Tarnow (hearts) John Tanton​John Tanton's name is getting a lot of play. Depending on who you talk to, Tanton is either a raging pro-eugenics racist with a deep-seated animosity toward brown people -- or -- a beaming, professorial Renaissance man with an insatiable curiosity and an infallibl ... More >>

Lake Worth and Immigration: A Call for Reasonable Debate

Dayworkers looking for work outside LW Home Depot.​After last week's Community Relations Board meeting in Lake Worth, where a reading group from the Night Heron Grassroots Activism Center presented a PowerPoint lecture on hate groups operating in Lake Worth, I posted a couple of items on the meeti ... More >>

Connecting the Dots: Does FAIR Play a Role in Lake Worth Politics?

Support for AZ Sheriff Joe's draconian immigration enforcement.​The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is under scrutiny in Lake Worth these days. As we reported yesterday, residents packed a small room at Monday night's CRB meeting to hear a presentation on local "hate groups," inc ... More >>

Palm Beach County "Hate Groups" May Influence Local Policy

Even a board specifically appointed to promote harmony and mediate opposing viewpoints has a rough time getting residents -- or themselves, for that matter -- to see eye-to-eye in Lake Worth. Harsh words were exchanged Monday night when the Lake Worth Community Relations Board heard from activists a ... More >>

Pompano-Based Anti-Immigration Group Sounds Alarm About Haitians

Flickr: British Red Cross​One week after an earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, the Floridians for Immigration Enforcement (FLIMEN) are trying to pull off a very delicate public relations maneuver: stating their sympathy for the Haitian people, while also communicating in no uncertain ... More >>

South Florida Immigration Officials Under Fire After Targeting Guatemalans in Jupiter

Flickr: anita gtThe government of Guatemala has issued a public protest based on immigration officials' actions in Riviera Beach.​A Guatemalan immigrant in Jupiter is facing deportation after Federal Express employees in Riviera Beach opened a package, inspected its contents, then reported a possi ... More >>

Ethics Complaint Against Lake Worth Commissioner Cara Jennings Is Dismissed

Mary Lindsey: Losing the battle against Jennings?​The ethics complaint filed on behalf of Lake Worth business owner Gary Dario against City Commissioner Cara Jennings has been dismissed yesterday by the Florida Commission on Ethics for "lack of legal sufficiency," according to a news release issue ... More >>

Lake Worth Commish Hopeful Scott Maxwell Tied to White Supremicists?

Maxwell: The crusade temporarily suspended​The Lake Worth elections slated for November 3rd just get weirder by the minute. As if the flap about Mayoral candidate Rene Varela's role in the sales of wild dolphins to a marine park in Dubai weren't scandal enough, now the Palm Beach County Environmen ... More >>

A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, so the Feds Tried to Destroy Him

In Overhaul of U.S. Immigration Facilities, More Will Resemble Broward's Facility

Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

Flobots

Mi Casa Is Not Tu Casa

Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

Washed Up

101 Haitian refugees sailed north full of hope. They got screwed.

Shadow Boxing

Write me some comebacks, Mex

Talking Up a Storm

Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

Slick Trouble

The government's determination to deport old-school rapper Slick Rick knows no bounds

Jose... You're Next!

David Caulkett wants your $10 to help Uncle Sam in the fight against illegal immigration.

War for What?

Sgt. Cabadiana was the poster child for the Bush military. Then they took his wife away.

Letters for September 18, 2003

Unloading Objectively

Forgotten 9/11

The INS screwed up when it let in the September massacre's mastermind

Back in the Lion's Mouth

The INS had two chances to nab Mohamed Atta. It failed both times.

Admitting Terror: Part 5

When terrorists knock, the INS is more than likely to fall down on the job

Letters to the Editor

Letters for October 25, 2001

Admitting Terror

The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

Give Us Your Huddled Masses... and We'll Throw 'em in a Cell

For a growing number of immigrants, detention by the INS comes down to a long and lonely stint in the Fort Lauderdale Jail