Posts Tagged E-Verify

Immigration strategy proposed at CPAC: ‘Let’s put a wall around the welfare state’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 2:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Panelists at the Conservative Political Action Conference spoke Saturday about immigration measures that would uphold conservative values and attacked federal action against immigration-enforcement state laws. More…

Immigration restrictionist group says Florida governor is welcoming ‘illegal aliens’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 8:30 am | More from The Florida Independent

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

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‘Attrition through enforcement’ immigration policy already a reality, advocates say

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.07.12 | 4:54 pm | More from The Florida Independent

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. More…

GOP Senate candidate says he opposes South Florida immigration detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.08.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

GOP Senate candidate George LeMieux issued a statement today opposing a publicly funded, privately managed immigration detention center to built in South Florida.
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South Florida Hispanic GOP reps endorse Romney

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.01.11 | 6:19 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Three South Florida Hispanic Republicans endorsed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Miami this week.

The Miami Herald reports:

Mitt Romney traveled to the Florida county with the largest number of immigrants and touted the endorsements of three Cuban-American Republicans who crossed party lines to support the pro-immigrant Dream Act.
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Conservative group plans protest in support of Alabama immigration law

By | 09.20.11 | 4:28 pm

An Alabama-based tea party group will rally in Hoover, Ala., Tuesday evening in support of H.B. 56, the state’s new immigration enforcement law More….

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Tea party, conservative groups call on Congress to reject E-Verify

By | 09.16.11 | 2:57 pm

An open letter More… from leaders of the groups Take Back Washington, Tea Party Nation, Downsize DC, GOProud, the D.C. Tea Party and other conservative groups calls on members of Congress to reject the Legal Workforce Act, a bill sponsored by U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) that would mandate

Unprecedented number of state immigration bills introduced in 2011

By | 08.10.11 | 1:45 pm

State legislators introduced 1,592 immigration-related bills and resolutions in the first half of 2011, according to a new report More… from the National Conference of State Legislatures, an increase of 16 percent over the number of immigration bills introduced in the first half of 2010. State legislatures have enacted 151 new