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Danny McAuliffeJune 16, 2018

Jeff Greene, a billionaire developer from Palm Beach and the newest Democratic option for Governor, is using the upcoming Father’s Day holiday to call for an end to the Donald Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. In a statement Saturday, Greene said the policies are “inhumane.” He framed […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2018

A dark-money committee that has been attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis for months with radio and cable commercials is now going after him on broadcast TV, with a $200,000 buy on Orlando broadcast TV stations. The National Liberty Federation, a 501(4) organization based in Palm Beach Gardens, began running commercials on broadcast TV Tuesday in […]

Drew WilsonJune 4, 2018

Republican Scott Sturgill appears to be positioning himself for the general election in his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, at least when it comes to immigration issues. In a recent interview on Central Florida’s Spectrum News 13, Sturgill said he was in favor of giving undocumented immigrants […]

Peter SchorschApril 15, 2018

Dozens of businesses sent a letter to the Constitution Revision Commission Friday urging it to drop a plan to add an employment eligibility check requirement to the state constitution. Proposal 29, sponsored by CRC Commissioner Rich Newsome, would prohibit undocumented immigrants from working in the state and have the legislature establish a verification process for […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 12, 2018

Ahead of the Constitution Revision Commission’s vote on a controversial amendment (Proposal 29) to establish an employment eligibility verification process aimed at keeping unauthorized immigrants from working in the state, a slew of business leaders are ramping up efforts to prevent the proposal from appearing on the November ballot — and the battle now has manifested […]

Staff ReportsApril 11, 2018

As President Donald Trump moves to post National Guard troops at the Mexican border, Attorney General hopeful Jay Fant is standing by the President with expanded reach for a digital ad first rolled out in January. Per the Fant campaign, “the ad takes on those elected officials who are propping up illegal immigration through the designation of […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 21, 2018

A Senate panel on Tuesday cleared a bill that could bring changes to a state law that has allowed insurance companies to avoid payouts to undocumented injured workers and has already led the state referring a handful of cases to federal immigration authorities. “The bill is designed to ensure workers injured on the job to […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 19, 2018

House Speaker Richard Corcoran is doubling down on his tough-on-immigration talk with a new television ad that calls for more deportations. The television ad is less incendiary than his first one, which was hcriticized by Democrats for portraying immigrants who came into the country illegally as a danger to Floridians. Records show the new media […]

Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2018

A new poll released Monday by the University of North Florida continues to show that Florida Republicans have a different set of concerns and issues priorities than Democrats or independent voters, and that starts with immigration and crime. In the Florida Statewide Poll conducted by Public Opinion Research Lab, a quarter of surveyed Republican registered […]

Scott PowersFebruary 2, 2018

While it may be hard for many to imagine Florida’s Space Coast-based 8th Congressional District electing a Democrat, some people were saying the same thing about Democrats’ chances in many local elections in Brevard County until several won offices last November, adding dots of blue to a largely red landscape. Stacey and Sanjay Patel had […]

Tag: immigration

Jeff Greene: Father’s Day is a reminder of ‘inhumane’ immigration policies

Dark-money committee attacking Ron DeSantis on Orlando TV

Scott Sturgill outlines bold plan to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants

Businesses voice opposition to E-Verify proposal

Billionaire GOP donor takes shots at Richard Corcoran while debuting E-verify research

‘Sick and tired’: Jay Fant increases reach of anti-illegal immigration digital ad

Once stalled in Senate, bill aiding injured immigrant workers advances

Richard Corcoran puts more money behind new immigration tv ad

Republicans worried about immigration, crime; Democrats, indies, not so much

Brevard Democratic official Sanjay Patel enters CD 8 race against Bill Posey