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Immigration

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Florida Chock-Full o' Foreigners: Six Fun Facts From New Census Data

    Sound the alarm! Slide down the polls! Gold Five to Red Leader, we have inbound data sets!That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new batch of data yesterday, and the Pulp has done some spreadsheet surfing to bring you the hottest numbers from the report. You'll laugh, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tells Radio Host Her Endorsement of CCA Prison Still Stands

    ​U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wrote a letter (see below) in April to ICE Director Gary Mead indicating her support for the proposed immigrant detention facility that private contractor CCA wants to build in Southwest Ranches.Today, she went on the radio with WIOD-AM (610) host Jimmy Cefalo. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    BSO Deputy Accused of Shouting Racial Slur, Flipping the Bird, and Stealing Woman's Stuff

    ​Broward Sheriff's Deputy Paul Pletcher is on paid vacation administrative leave after a woman accused the deputy of making a racial slur, giving her the finger, then proceeding to steal her cellphone and driver's license.Neyda Osorio, a Hispanic woman, called Plantation police after she says Plet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Cuban Exile Who Worked for the CIA Accuses Reporter of Distortion

    ​Here's the score in America; if you've ever "waged a violent campaign" against a communist leader, then you're a "cold-war veteran" and totally not a terrorist. And if you've publicly admitted that you "organized a wave of bombings" in that communist country, that's cool; just don't lie to a judg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Information on Immigrants Deported in Raid Is Heavily Censored and Vastly Incomplete

    ICE​After a statewide immigration raid in December netted 95 arrests -- eight of whom were supposedly in Broward -- New Times submitted a request to the federal government under the Freedom of Information Act for the records containing any biographical information about those arrested in Broward o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Antonio Balta Denied Clemency, Advocates Turn To Rick Scott

    Michael J. Mooney​Advocates and supporters of Antonio Balta, the man sentenced to 20 years in prison for allowing his daughter to die in a hot car as he gambled, were given sad news over this holiday season: The same clemency board that voted to pardon long-deceased rocker Jim Morrison chose not t ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    Lemuria's Infectious Blend of Pop-Punk Coming to Churchill's

    Michael J. Mooney​Advocates and supporters of Antonio Balta, the man sentenced to 20 years in prison for allowing his daughter to die in a hot car as he gambled, were given sad news over this holiday season: The same clemency board that voted to pardon long-deceased rocker Jim Morrison chose not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Immigration Raid Included Eight Broward Residents, But Details Are Hard to Come By

    ICE​"Criminal Alien." That's the phrase that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses for anyone who has come into the country illegally and committed a crime, be it a DUI or aggravated murder. ICE makes it a top priority to remove "those who come to the United States to prey upon o ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Bookworms

    White-nationalist reads in the United States and Europe reflect anti-migrant hatred in a grim economy.

  • Film

    November 18, 2010

    "Last Train Home" Calculates the Human Cost of a Chinese Miracle by Mapping a Family Tragedy

    White-nationalist reads in the United States and Europe reflect anti-migrant hatred in a grim economy.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    UPDATED:Joyce Kaufman Heads to Washington With Allen West; Conspiracy Theorists Rejoice

    UPDATE: That was fast. Kaufman announced today she has declined the chief of staff post, after a threat emailed to her radio station led to a lockdown of Broward County schools. New Times columnist Bob Norman has the scoop.Flickr: ValentinaLWeisKaufman and West will make history together.​Joyce Ka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Chef Jean-Pierre, Interview Part 1: "It Doesn't Take a Genius to Put Two Ingredients Together"

    ​I recently took a cooking class at Chef Jean-Pierre's cooking school in Fort Lauderdale. I knew J-P (full name: Jean-Piere Brehier) and I would get along famously when he walked in the room and announced, "The first thing we're going to do is dessert." (Mmm...Kahlua chocolate pudding!) During the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Despite Recession, Everglades Club Still Importing Waiters From Abroad

    Flicker user: VeronicaCastillo.comThe Everglades Club is an institution on Worth Avenue.​The Great Recession and soaring unemployment rates haven't stopped Florida businesses from hiring cheap, temporary labor from abroad, federal visa records show.In Tampa, one company imported 40 electricians. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Puppet Play

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Pie in the Face: A Year After Pizza Party, GOP Slipping Further From Jeb Bush

    FlickrIn today's GOP, Jeb Bush sits on the sidelines.​It's been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How'd that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this art ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    FlickrIn today's GOP, Jeb Bush sits on the sidelines.​It's been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How'd that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this art ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    FlickrIn today's GOP, Jeb Bush sits on the sidelines.​It's been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How'd that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this art ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Juarez: The Bleeding Front Line of the War on Drugs

    FlickrIn today's GOP, Jeb Bush sits on the sidelines.​It's been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How'd that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this art ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Elizabeth Gilbert Talks Sarah Palin and "Silence Baths" in Miami

    Elizabeth Gilbert was forced to marry her boyfriend.​For critics who thought her best-selling travel memoir Eat, Pray, Love was a collection of self-indulgent ramblings from an overly privileged woman, Elizabeth Gilbert came prepared to live up to their worst expectations Saturday night.She began ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Philadelphia Man Tells of Online Encounters With Accused BSO Sextortionist

    Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeBleiweiss​Jonathan Bleiweiss is the Broward Sheriff's deputy who in August was arrested on charges he extorted sexual favors out of illegal immigrants. But when the 29-year-old wasn't on duty, he could often be found in gay chatrooms on AOL. Or at least, that's where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale Tea Party Fight Caught On Tape

    Most weekends, at the corner of Oakland Park and US-1, there are some colorful protests. This is a regular spot for self-proclaimed "tea partiers" to tell the world (and the luxury cars going to and from Galt Ocean Mile) about their conservative beliefs (like Obama is a socialist Muslim terrorist w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Dobbs Ditches CNN; More Time in West Palm Beach? Or Border Control Militancy?

    What does he mean when he says he's embarking on a mysterious mission that involves "constructive problem solving"? Given Lou's loathing of illegal immigrants, let's hope it doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey, a rifle, and a sniper's nest with a view of the Rio Grande.Rather, this might give Dobbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Lake Worth Commission Candidate Wes Blackman Speaks on Immigration

    photo courtesy 2.bp.blogspot.com​Immigration is a hot-button issue in tomorrow's Lake Worth City Commission elections, in part due to the large number of undocumented residents in the city but also because of the recent flap over candidate Scott Maxwell's alleged ties to anti-immigration hate grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Feds' New Stance on Medical Marijuana May Be Boon for West Palm-Based "GreenCard"

    Flickr: captainandapants​Now that the U.S. Justice Department has committed -- at least rhetorically -- to an "efficient and rational use" of its enforcement powers against marijuana users and sellers, there's money to be made. Maybe Commerce Online of West Palm Beach will emerge as a kind-of moun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Jury Still Out on Jimenez Case

    A verdict is expected this week in the civil suit against Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart for flying an illegal immigrant patient out of the country in 2003 after he had accumulated some $1.5 million in medical bills that were unlikely to be paid. Luis Jimenez, who is Guatemalan, was workin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    A Prisoner in South Florida Rescued From Anonymity, If Nothing Else

    An undated photo of Xiu Ping Jiang provided to the TimesXiu Ping Jiang: It's not a household name, and it would have never been a newsworthy name except for the day when that woman's ex-husband took two handguns to an immigration office in Binghampton, New York, where he killed 13 students before ki ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Flobots

    An undated photo of Xiu Ping Jiang provided to the TimesXiu Ping Jiang: It's not a household name, and it would have never been a newsworthy name except for the day when that woman's ex-husband took two handguns to an immigration office in Binghampton, New York, where he killed 13 students before ki ... More >>

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    Hand to Mouth

    Leave the Etymology to el hombre

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Droppin' the Dime

    There are Tío Tacos of all nationalities

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Shadow Boxing

    Write me some comebacks, Mex

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Letters for November 1-7, 2007

    Write me some comebacks, Mex

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Christly Christly

    Rosa Parks? Maybe Not

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Argh. I'm Drowning in Español!

    Then get outta the water, tonto

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Charlie Dumbhead

    Get outta town, criminals!

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Present and Unaccounted For

    Who are the next Guatemalans to be whisked back to a land they remember in nightmares?

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    Governor Melting Pot

    Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is a genius at Mexican-bashing

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    Virgin Birth Pangs

    Just how did Mexico's icon get her name?

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Ethnic Cleansing

    Why can't Mexicans be like the "good" immigrants before them?

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2006

    That Was Fast

    Why can't Mexicans be like the "good" immigrants before them?

  • Film

    May 11, 2006

    Un-American Dream

    Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy.

  • Goods and Services

    May 16, 2002

    Best Flea Market

    Dr. Flea's International Flea Market

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    The Perils of Marilise

    A child of a Tonton Macoute family escaped political violence in Haiti - and then her real troubles began

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Admitting Terror: Part 5

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

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Letters for November 22, 2001

    That’s history, baby

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Admitting Terror

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

  • Film

    May 31, 2001

    The More Things Change

    The Circle is a powerful film about women in Iran

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Enough to Make You Sick

    The CDC is trying to determine what the residents of downtown Belle Glade already know -- that poverty, drugs, and prostitution are bad for your health

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