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National Security

Homeland Security budget includes money for ‘nationwide deployment’ of Secure Communities

By | 02.14.12 | 12:38 pm

The Department of Homeland Security’s 2013 budget released Monday includes overall cuts to the agency, but secures funding for the controversial immigration enforcement program Secure Communities.

Immigration restrictionist group says Scott is welcoming ‘illegal aliens’ to Florida

By | 02.10.12 | 9:13 am

A Florida immigration restrictionist group put up a billboard this week saying Gov. Rick Scott is welcoming “illegal aliens” to Florida.

Pembroke Pines asks Obama to intervene in immigration detention center ‘siting’

By | 02.09.12 | 12:56 pm

The city of Pembroke Pines issued a letter to President Obama this week, asking that he intervene in “the siting” of a proposed immigration detention center that would be built on a lot surrounded by the city.

Report: Number of Muslim-Americans indicted for terrorist plots continues to drop

By | 02.09.12 | 10:44 am

The number of Muslim-Americans indicted for violent plots and/or offering financial support to terrorism declined for the second straight year, according to a study released Wednesday.

Occupy Miami members explain eviction, announce future actions

By | 02.08.12 | 1:31 pm

Five members of Occupy Miami said Tuesday night that despite last week’s eviction and arrests the movement will continue to meet and move forward with a campaign to support homeowners who have been evicted.

Immigrant advocates: ‘Attrition through enforcement’ immigration policy already a reality

By | 02.07.12 | 1:05 pm

Immigration advocates said Monday that an “attrition through enforcement” immigration strategy is nothing new, and already interferes with the daily lives of undocumented and their families, including U.S.-born children.

Numbers USA: Real winners in Florida GOP primary are ‘Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation’

By | 02.03.12 | 10:22 am

Numbers USA — an organization that agitates “For Lower Immigration Levels” — wrote this week that the “Vote Winners” in Florida’s recent GOP presidential primary “Are Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation.”

AFL-CIO urges Obama to postpone Colombia Free Trade Agreement after union leader murders

By | 02.03.12 | 10:01 am

The murder of four Colombian union leaders in January prompted Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, to urge President Obama to postpone indefinitely the implementation of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S Congress in October.

Retooled ‘foreign law’ bill sparks Sharia debate in Florida House committee

By | 01.31.12 | 11:51 am

Florida’s anti-Sharia activism made its way into the state Legislature this morning, as a bill that would regulate the “application of foreign law in certain cases” passed through a House justice committee.

GOP officials: Crafting national immigration policy ‘an economic imperative’

By | 01.30.12 | 1:33 pm

A panel of state and federal GOP officials who spoke at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami Friday called for a national conversation on immigration reform at the federal level.

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