March 11, 2016
By Fabiola Santiago
“You go, Ted!” some shouted, prompting Cruz’s manipulative remark at Miami Dade College, home to scores of the undocumented he’d like to wall off.
I’m one of you, Cruz was saying, but we know better, don’t we?
By Fabiola Santiago
Don’t let the machine-gun-bacon enthusiast fool you.
The senator from Texas has no idea what a Miami welcome feels like — or he might have judged his appearances less generously. Reactions may have been polite, but by our standards of warmth, the temperature was tepid.
I’m one of you, Cruz was saying, but we know better, don’t we?
Miami’s native son, Marco Rubio, a climate-change denier, isn’t faring any better in the popularity department. He may scoop up some Jeb Bush votes, but he won’t win Florida.
At his rally Wednesday at Milander Stadium, where the Hialeah Senior High T-Breds play to big crowds, Rubio couldn’t even pack the end-zone. There were cheers, but his run-of-the-mill line “I’ll end Obamacare!” was laughable given the geography. Hialeah leads the nation in Obamacare enrollments....
It is impossible to build a wall around Florida.
November 18, 2014
By Melissa Montoya
APew Research Center (click here) report released Tuesday shows Florida’s population of undocumented immigrants has increased.
Between 2009 to 2012, about 55,000 new immigrants chose to settle in Florida. Only New Jersey saw a larger increase with about 75,000 immigrants choosing to settle there.
The surge brings Florida’s total population of undocumented immigrants to an estimated 925,000. Only Texas and California have larger populations of people living in the U.S. illegally.
“These statistics are not surprising and underscores the immediate need to secure the border before any other action can be taken,” said U.S. Rep.Curt Clawson , R-Bonita Springs.
Ricardo Skerrett, an immigration attorney inSouthwest Florida , said he is not surprised by the increase of undocumented residents in Florida.
“Florida is a big agricultural state so we are going to have big immigration here,” Skerrett said.Natalia Jaramillo,...
It is impossible to build a wall around Florida.
November 18, 2014
By Melissa Montoya
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Between 2009 to 2012, about 55,000 new immigrants chose to settle in Florida. Only New Jersey saw a larger increase with about 75,000 immigrants choosing to settle there.
The surge brings Florida’s total population of undocumented immigrants to an estimated 925,000. Only Texas and California have larger populations of people living in the U.S. illegally.
“These statistics are not surprising and underscores the immediate need to secure the border before any other action can be taken,” said U.S. Rep.
Ricardo Skerrett, an immigration attorney in
“Florida is a big agricultural state so we are going to have big immigration here,” Skerrett said.Natalia Jaramillo,...
