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Martin DyckmanJune 8, 2015

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Were any of your ancestors here to meet the Godspeed at Jamestown or the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock? No? Then you, like me, belong to an immigrant family. Your forebears may have been here longer than mine, who came in the late 1800s, but we are alike in that none of our American roots were […]

Phil AmmannMarch 20, 2015

In November, Florida Republicans flipped six seats to gain a super-majority in the state House of Representatives, giving the chamber a veto-proof majority. The Democratic trouncing was not only across Florida, but also nationally, evidenced in Bill Day’s latest. Day provides a glimpse of who is now running the show in Tallahassee, and — to a […]

Phil AmmannMarch 20, 2015

In November, Florida Republicans flipped six seats to gain a super-majority in the state House of Representatives, giving the chamber a veto-proof majority. The Democratic trouncing was not only across Florida, but also nationally, evidenced in Bill Day’s latest. Day provides a glimpse of who is now running the show in Tallahassee, and — to a […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 17, 2015

America’s undocumented immigrants aren’t political footballs, or soccer balls. But they keep getting thrown out of bounds and kicked to the sidelines. The latest blow was delivered by Texas federal Judge Andrew Hanen, the 2002 George W. Bush judicial appointee who in 2013 infamously advised the Homeland Security Department to start arresting undocumented parents trying […]

Daniel TilsonApril 23, 2014

What if two intrepid reporters cornered Gov. Rick Scott and… Reporter A: Governor, why are you suddenly and so publicly supporting in-state tuition legislation that would let undocumented immigrants pay the same college tuition as legal residents? Scott: Anybody who grew up in Florida should get to go to a state university without paying 15 […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 20, 2014

For a full decade, a measure filed in the Legislature was doomed before bill drafting entered the final line. The proposal — to give in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants living in Florida — was unthinkable in Florida’s two Republican-controlled chambers. Remember, these elected Republicans were to answer to their Republican constituents every election cycle, and […]

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Martin Dyckman: Why is Jeb Bush the only GOP contender who makes sense on immigration?

Bill Day’s latest: The partisan divide and Florida’s super-majority

Bill Day's latest: The partisan divide and Florida's super-majority

Daniel Tilson: Judge's ruling kicks immigrants to the sidelines – again

Daniel Tilson: Rick Scott’s Hispanic transparency

Peter Schorsch: Odds good for in-state tuition for undocumented students