Tag: DACA

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2018
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An immigration advocacy group on Tuesday launched a series of digital ads targeting Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast and Carlos Curbelo, as well as their GOP colleagues, for their role in failing to protect “Dreamers.” iAmerica Action announced it will spend $250,000 in 27 House districts on the ads, many of which have large Latino populations. Mast represents […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 26, 2018
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The perception that Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were close was shattered during the 2015-16 race for President. The two Miami-area GOP heavyweights clashed in debates and on the campaign trail as they vastly underperformed to expectations in losing the Republican nomination to Donald Trump. The former Florida Governor took a verbal shot at the […]

Scott PowersJanuary 19, 2018
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine has launched another television commercial – his fourth overall and second this week – with a Spanish-language ad decrying the administration of President Donald Trump‘s policies toward so-called DREAMers, the young, undocumented immigrants who essentially grew up in the United States. The 30-second spot “Injusticia” shows images of DREAMers and […]

Staff ReportsOctober 29, 2017
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State Rep. David Richardson will join immigrant youth and their parents this evening (Sunday) at a special dinner. The Miami Beach Democrat will discuss how the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will affect them and their families. He says he will commit to pushing policies locally and nationally that protect […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerSeptember 8, 2017
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A prominent Republican fund-raiser turned critic of President Donald Trump said Thursday it would be a huge economic mistake not to let young undocumented immigrants, called “Dreamers,” remain in the United States. “There is something wrong in separating families,” Miguel “Mike” Fernandez said, after delivering a speech to students and faculty at Florida A&M University. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2017
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With DACA recipients pleading, sometimes in tears, for the right to stay in the United States where they grew up, a coalition of pro-immigration groups and Democratic lawmakers gathered on Orlando City Hall’s front steps Tuesday to denounce President Donald Trump‘s phased-out repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. At the same time, the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2017
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The Donald Trump administration announced Tuesday plans to scrap DACA: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program was instituted by President Barack Obama via an Executive Order that current Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not defend. With six months for Congress to perhaps institute a legislative fix to DACA, Florida’s Senators both have concerns about the way […]


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