Ryan NicolOctober 3, 2019
7min411
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Tag: immigration reform
Ryan NicolOctober 3, 2019
Noah PranskyJune 3, 2019
3min448
He's risking his biggest election asset for a long-term legacy
Ryan NicolMarch 14, 2019
5min506
The compact outlines principles supporters say should guide an immigration deal.
Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2017
6min388
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 […]
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 […]
Scott PowersApril 12, 2017
5min281
Economists from Florida, Florida State, Miami, and Florida International universities are among nearly 1,500 nationally that sent a letter to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders Wednesday urging immigration reform and embrace of immigration. In addition to the Florida economists, the 1,470 signatories include six Nobel Laureates and members of the presidents Ronald Reagan, George […]
Drew WilsonApril 3, 20174min409
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 […]
Scott PowersNovember 23, 20165min383
A new conservative coalition has formed in Florida seeking to push for immigration reform that would also oppose any mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Floridians for an Immigration Solution, chaired by Ed Moore, president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, announced Wednesday it wants to work with a Donald Trump White House and […]
Guest AuthorOctober 20, 2016
6min384
In this tense period in both national and international relations, we’re confronted with a number of important security issues, all in need of their own respective solutions. One of the issues that seem to be most prevalent is the need for immigration reform. Countless political leaders have laid out ideas for solving this problem, yet […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 8, 2016
6min258
Working in higher education allows me the privilege of working firsthand with some of the brightest and engaged minds in our state. It is trite, but worth saying, that education is key to our country’s future and we must continue to equip the next generation with the knowledge and power to make our country even […]