Jacob OglesFebruary 11, 2020
5min1729
Requirements could result in the loss of 253,500 jobs statewide, researchers said.
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Jacob OglesFebruary 11, 2020
Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2019
5min381
'We want their help," Soto said of Scott and other Senate Republicans.
Jacob OglesApril 24, 2019
6min437
Many actually support bill prohibiting so-called 'sanctuary' policies.
Jacob OglesApril 24, 2019
4min347
A sizable group of prominent Florida business owners joined the chorus of opposition for a so-called “Sanctuary Cities” ban. The letter (available here) was released today by FWD.us and signed by 44 business and community leaders and says Florida needs immigrants in its workforce. “For too long, our country’s broken immigration system has locked people […]
Jacob OglesDecember 6, 2018
5min603
Mass incarceration has led to 8 percent of children in Florida, 312,000 of them, seeing at least one parent put behind bars, according to a new study by FWD.us and Cornell University. The report, the first major study to focus on the impact of incarceration on U.S. families, finds nearly half of all Americans have […]
Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017
2min1191
Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is showing off her roots and making a pitch for immigration reform. The freshman congresswoman from Winter Park was “the girl rescued at sea,” as a campaign mailer dubbed her last year, a refugee with her family from Vietnam in the 1970s, and a proud U.S. immigrant. And she’s an […]
Drew WilsonApril 3, 2017
4min409
An immigration reform group founded by tech billionaires is launching in Florida to push for common sense economic reform and a pathway to citizenship for people in the United States illegally. FWD.us, founded by Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates among others, is gathering a coalition of business, community and faith leaders to push for immigration […]