Scott PowersMay 6, 2019
7min591
SB 168 puts Venezuelan refugees at greater risk of being sent back to Maduro, Diaz said.
Tag: temporary protected status
Scott PowersMay 6, 2019
Ryan NicolMarch 15, 2019
6min908
The bill, proposed in the House, faces huge hurdles in the Senate.
Ryan NicolFebruary 18, 2019
5min441
Lawmakers say up to 150,000 Venezuelans would qualify for temporary protection.
Scott PowersJanuary 31, 2019
4min821
Rick Scott: If Democrats stonewall, the President needs to use his emergency powers.
Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2019
5min1120
Scott prefers the phrase "physical barrier" to "wall."
Jim RosicaDecember 4, 2017
4min292
State Sen. Daphne Campbell has been appointed Chair of the Haitian Temporary Relief Task Force. The Miami Democrat, elected to the Senate last year after serving six years in the House, announced the appointment Monday. It was made by state Rep. Kionne McGhee, a Democrat who leads the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation. The task force is […]
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 […]
Phil AmmannMay 26, 2017
7min448
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has made the right decision to extend temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States. Deporting Haitians right now would have been disastrous for them and for Haiti, which is currently in no condition to accept them. At the same time, by promising them only […]
Scott PowersMay 22, 2017
8min369
Tens of thousands of Haitian refugees living in Florida received another six months to stay, news that some political leaders — primarily Democrats — are hailing as a victory. Others say it’s not enough. On Monday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security John F. Kelly announced his decision to extend — for an additional six months — the […]
Scott PowersMarch 24, 20173min332
Democratic U.S. Rep Alcee Hastings, joined by both Florida U.S. senators and seven South Florida members of Congress, is calling on the President Donald Trump administration to extend temporary protected status for Haitian nationals. Hastings, from Fort Lauderdale, sent a letter Friday to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly urging the extended protection for […]