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What “Abolish ICE” Really Means

August 4, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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All evidence suggests that immigrants are far from the national security threat the Trump administration claims they are. Regardless of status, they’re more law-abiding than native-born citizens.

What National Emergency?

March 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Can you spot the emergency? (White House)

American leader not only genuflecting to autocrats from Turkey to Russia to Saudi Arabia, but behaving like them is a more serious national emergency than what few migrants are still crossing the border illegally.

DeSantis Pushes Hard Line Against Sanctuary Cities, Calling For Collaboration With ICE

February 27, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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DeSantis is urging Florida sheriffs to participate in a federal immigration enforcement program in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, deputizes local law officials.

Florida Takes Center Stage In Controversy Over Citizenship Question On Census Form

February 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Including the citizenship question could hurt Florida and other states with large immigrant populations in the decennial reapportionment process, a federal judge wrote.

Immigrant Youth Shelters: “If You’re a Predator, It’s a Gold Mine”

July 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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An investigation of police reports and call logs from more than two-thirds of the shelters housing immigrant children provides a snapshot of what has largely been kept from the public as well as members of Congress.

Cruel and Usual Trump

June 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

President Trump and Melania Trump signing a 'Be Best' initiative the day after Sen. Senator Jeff Merkley was barred from examining a children's detention center in Brownsville, Texas. (White House)

The Trump-Sessions zero-tolerance policy of separating children from their parents at the border has no precedent except in America’s slavery times.

What Trump Wants on Immigration Is Ethnic Cleansing

February 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Trump’s offering a fig leaf of legal status for a relatively small slice of the undocumented population in return for a drastic cut of all immigration to the U.S.

Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants: Flagler Sheriff Says Yes, But Local Opinion Is Divided

February 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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A dozen states have legalized issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, primarily as a safety measure, but Flagler officials reflect state opinion that has prevented such legalization from taking place in the Sunshine State.

This Latina Liberal Is Not Kidding: Ronald Reagan’s Big Gift to Immigrant Families

May 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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As a progressive young Latina from a working-class background, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico without papers, Cecilia Velasco is actually thankful for something Ronald Reagan did.

In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants Passes House, 81-33, as GOP Opposition Thins

March 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The measure allows undocumented immigrants to pay cheaper, in-state tuition rates if they attend Florida middle and high schools for at least four straight years before going to college.

“Illegal Immigrants” No More:
The Associated Press Ends the Slur

April 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Calling them “illegal immigrants” offends immigrants and American values. “Illegal” is a loaded term that has polluted the immigration debate for too long. It isn’t a question of mere political correctness. It’s about accuracy, fairness, and respect, argues Raul Reyes.

The Thanks and Reverence We Owe Undocumented Immigrants

January 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

We’ve admitted that these immigrants aren’t going away. Let’s admit our co-dependence, let’s restore their dignity, and America’s, and admit that illegal immigration is as American as apple pie, if not as American as empanadas.

Obama Rule Gives 1 Million Undocumented Immigrants Clearer Path to Legal Status

January 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Many of Florida’s 700,000 undocumented immigrants would be eligible for the new path to the permanent residency status that is also a step toward citizenship as the Obama administration recalibrates the immigration issue.

Jose Godinez-Samperio, Undocumented Immigrant and Lawyer, Falters at Florida Court

October 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A skeptical Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday said it may be powerless to let Jose Godinez-Samperio, an undocumented immigrant, practice law in the state despite recent moves by the Obama administration to allow immigrants brought to the country as children pathway to permanent status in the United States.

Romney, in Orlando, Plays Catch-up On Immigration By Promising More Green Cards

June 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Speaking to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Orlando, Romney spent most of his time talking about making it easier for legal immigrants to come to America.

U.S. Citizen, Floridian, But Denied In-State Tuition Over Parents’ Status: Senate Kills Fix

February 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A measure that would grant in-state tuition to Florida high school students who are U.S. citizens but whose parents are in the country illegally was voted down Tuesday by a Senate committee.

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Immigrants Will Redefine Policing and State Powers

December 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s law is due by the end of June, at the same time as its ruling on Obama’s health care reform law, making this court term one of the most consequential in years, and with big reverberations in Florida.

Gunning for Immigration Reform Again, Rick Scott Divides Business Groups

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Divisive immigration reform failed during Florida’s last legislative session. Gov. Rick Scott favors another go at it, but business groups, Hispanics and immigration advocates are just as leery.

The Live Wire, Oct. 19: Florida Apartheid, Rick Scott’s Fuzziness and an Unsavory Duke List

October 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Arizona’s war on undocumented immigrants migrates to Florida, in a whiter worse version, Rick Scott has memory problems under oath, the “Duke Screw List” surfaces, and more.

Arizona Boots Up Brown Immigrants’ Guantanamo

April 25, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 21 Comments

The virus that led to Arizona’s anti-immigration law has crossed Arizona’s borders into the rest of America. Its carrier is as white as a bed sheet and by far the greater threat to America’s character than anything that ever crossed the Rio Grande.

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