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Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2017

A bill that would increase the penalties for certain violent offenses if the defendant is an undocumented immigrant advanced in a Florida House Committee on Monday. The legislation, sponsored by Cape Coral Republican Rep. Dane Eagle (HB 83), would upgrade penalties for five different violent crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, including sexual battery, aggravated assault with a […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2016

While Rebecca Smith, Jackie Toledo’s opponent in the House District 60 primary, won’t comment on Toledo’s vow to “crack down on illegal aliens,” David Singer is speaking out. Singer is a Tampa land use attorney and the Democrat who will face the winner of the Toledo/Smith primary later this month. He issued a statement after reading about Toledo’s pledge to repeal two bills passed […]

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Bill that would increase penalties for undocumented violent offenders advances in Florida House

David Singer calls Jackie Toledo’s call to repeal immigration bills an ‘appeal to our lowest common denominator’