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Twenty things to know about Florida Latinos before GOP primary

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.31.12 | 7:14 am | More from The Florida Independent

The liberal Center for American Progress and the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network each published a list of 10 things you need to know about Latino voters in Florida, one day before the state’s GOP presidential primary. More…

VIDEO: Romney’s immigration stance muddled by conflicting endorsements

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.13.12 | 11:22 am | More from The Florida Independent

Leading GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney has a mixed set of endorsements that don’t fully illustrate his positions on immigration. More …

Gingrich leads in polls despite ‘humane’ immigration-enforcement proposal

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.07.11 | 2:10 pm | More from The Florida Independent

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent call for a “humane” path to immigration enforcement for undocumented immigrants does not seem to have hurt his poling numbers.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports today More…: ”A month before voting starts, Gingrich has established double-digit leads in some polls in the early voting states

Report: Two-thirds of undocumented immigrants have been living in U.S. for at least a decade

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.05.11 | 11:30 am | More from The Florida Independent

About two thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants who currently live in the U.S. have lived here for at least 10 years, according to a report released early this month by the Pew Hispanic Center. More…

Immigration rally in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Hispanic population becoming more diverse

By Marcos Restrepo | 05.27.11 | 2:09 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A Pew Hispanic Center report about the country-of-origin of Hispanics in 30 U.S. metropolitan areas More… indicates that Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin or descent remain the nation’s three largest Hispanic groups, but diversity within the Latino community is increasing.
Over the last decade, people of Salvadoran origin,

Immigrants and activists kneel during the Senate budget committee hearing (Pic by Travis Pillow)

Latino voter growth new factor in progressive voter reform efforts

By Marcos Restrepo | 04.28.11 | 12:22 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The growing participation of Latino voters shows a heightened responsibility and a need to continue voter reform efforts to further boost Latino voter participation. That’s the message the Progressive States Network is taking from new Pew Hispanic Center data. #

A Pew Hispanic Center report More… released Tuesday indicates that a

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Report: Latino representation of 2010 electorate was much lower than share of general population

By | 04.27.11 | 5:57 pm

Despite the boom in America’s Hispanic population over the past decade, a recent Pew Hispanic Center report More…shows that surge (35.3 million to 50.5 million people between 2000 and 2010) is not reflected in Latino voting totals, which increased from 13.2 million to 21.3 million people between 2000 and 2010.
Approximately 6.6

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Report: Arizona-style immigration laws do not favor local economies

By Marcos Restrepo | 03.29.11 | 3:08 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A report released this month aims to help state legislators considering Arizona-style immigration-enforcement bills answer this question: If S.B. 1070-type laws accomplish the declared goal of driving out all undocumented immigrants, what effect would it have on state economies? #
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This report comes when Florida Republican legislators in both chambers