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Battle rages in Florida over private detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.29.12 | 5:22 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Residents opposed to a federally-funded, privately-managed immigration detention center in South Florida issued a statement Wednesday calling on President Obama to step in and halt the project.
A press release issued More… by No Prison in Southwest Ranches states: “Will the President step in and protect the people in this area from

Local Sierra Club opposes South Florida immigration detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 8:00 am | More from The Florida Independent

The Broward Group of the Sierra Club last week announced its opposition to the federal immigration detention center set to be built in the South Florida town of Southwest Ranches.
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More Occupy protesters arrested in Florida

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.25.12 | 9:35 am | More from The Florida Independent

Three protesters who took part in a national day of action to call on participants of the 2012 Global Alternative Investments Management (GAIM) conference to divest from private prisons were arrested Tuesday. More…

Occupiers arrested in Florida; protests continue against investor conference (UPDATE)

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.24.12 | 11:53 am | More from The Florida Independent

Updated 5:15 p.m., with video footage of the arrests.
Three protesters from the Occupy movements of Palm Beach and Miami were arrested Monday evening after they blocked the Camino Real bridge in Boca Raton to protest the 2012 GAIM conference, a major investor industry event. More…

Payroll tax bill includes funds for more immigration detention beds

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.20.11 | 4:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The congressional showdown over payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits continues after the GOP-led House voted Tuesday against a Senate bill approved over the weekend. More…

‘Nobody’ in Pembroke Pines wants proposed immigration detention center, commissioner says

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.15.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo tells The Florida Independent that as an immigrant and an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform he abhors the proposed immigration detention center to be built on a lot surrounded by his city. 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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Florida state rep. reiterates support for South Florida immigration detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.02.11 | 11:01 am | More from The Florida Independent

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, said today that a proposed publicly funded, privately managed immigration detention center to be built in South Florida would have the least negative impact on residents and create short-term and long-term jobs. More…