Fla. Department of Health overhaul bill comes under fire

Public health advocates spoke out against a bill aimed at reorganizing the state’s Department of Health (DOH) during its passage in a House health committee today.
Hearing after hearing, public health advocates have called the legislation a ”perilous and costly voyage” that could undermine the role of the state’s Surgeon General

Florida students to hold prayer vigil to support proposed in-state tuition bills

Florida Senate comm. blocks bill giving undocumented children in-state tuition rates

Under current law, if you are born in Florida and go to school here through high

Florida senator proposes removing E-Verify requirement from immigration-enforcement bill

Florida Sen. J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales proposed an amendment to the controversial immigration-enforcement bill the Senate will discuss and vote on today. #

The Miami Herald reports today More… that  Alexander proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 2040, “taking away the burden of checking a person’s immigration status from employers, who would

Survey: Floridians want Arizona-style immigration enforcement

Why are lawmakers pushing an immigration-enforcement measure that may draw a constitutional challenge, over the objections of business groups, immigrants and their advocates? One reason is that voters appear to support it, as a new poll by Suffolk University shows. #
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The poll finds that most Florida voters (52 percent) support

Florida Senate Republican speaks out against immigration bills

Florida Sen. Rene Garcia More…, R-Hialeah, who is also the chairman of the Hispanic Caucus, said today that he opposes a state House immigration-enforcement bill he says “presents a significant threat to individual freedom because of the potential of racial profiling.”
In a press release issued today, Garcia says “there are

Two more Miami-Dade Republicans opposed to GOP immigration bills