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A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017

Liberal activist group NextGen America is targeting a number of U.S. senators and representatives with a $100,000 digital ad buy; among them is Florida’s Marco Rubio. The spot runs six seconds, juxtaposing an image of a sleeping child receiving presents with visuals of an ICE raid. The message: “‘Tis the season for this” (the gift […]

Mitch PerryAugust 22, 2017

Bob Gualtieri is growing frustrated with the federal government’s slow progress on illegal immigration. After the Pinellas County Sheriff spent months working with members of the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security on a plan that would allow sheriff departments to detain undocumented immigrants legally for deportation, Gualtieri says no program has yet […]

Melissa RossOctober 21, 2015

An emailed report from the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) claims widespread abuse of detained immigrants at the Baker County Detention Center. The report, “Lives in Peril: How Ineffective Inspections Make ICE Complicit in Immigration Detention Abuse” was released by the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) and Detention Watch Network (DWN). The report draws on information […]

Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

The furor over Donald Trump‘s comments about Mexican immigrants shows no sign of diminishing with ESPN deciding Tuesday to pull its charity golf tournament from his Southern California course . It’s been a very rough week for the celebrity/businessman/GOP presidential candidate, with major corporations such as Macy’s, NBC and Univision cutting ties with him in the wake of […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2015

A Floridian knows she is back in Iowa when… She compulsively checks the mirror when she comes in from outside and carries a pocket brush for quick touch ups in case she has “hat hair.” She checks every time-and-temperature display on her drives around town, since, to paraphrase Mark Twain, if you don’t like the […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

NextGen America targets Marco Rubio with ‘Dreamers’ ad buy

Bob Gualtieri ‘very frustrated’ by federal foot-dragging on undocumented immigrants

Email insights: Report details immigrant abuse at Baker County Detention Center

Mitch Perry Report for 7.8.15 — Could Francisco Sanchez become 2016’s Willie Horton?

Catherine Martinez: From ice in Iowa to sequins in Florida