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Immigration

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Tea Party Disappointed Rick Scott Hasn't Been a Bigger Tea Party Wingnut

    Reality, or something sort of like it, has finally caught up to Gov. Rick Scott. The Tea Party activists that help elect him? They're apparently not so enamored of Scott any longer. The leaders of what remains of the movement are not too pleased with Scott's performance as governor thus far, even th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Marco Rubio Sticks Up for Romney, Scolds Gingrich

    ​Marco Rubio is sticking to his promise to stay officially neutral in the GOP primary, but earlier this week Newt Gingrich started running around the state and basically inferring that he was the Marco Rubio to Mitt Romney's Charlie Crist. At least when he wasn't busy calling Romney "anit-immigran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Republican State Senator: Some Hispanics "Really Have No Business Voting Anyhow"

    Rep. Alan Hays​Florida will add two new congressional districts in 2012, and the Senate Reapportionment Committee is meeting to determine where to place those districts. One of the leading plans includes carving out a new district in Orange, Osceola and Polk counties that would create a strongly H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Miami-Dade Officer Allegedly Calls Man "Fucking Immigrant," Arrests Him On Trumped Up Charges

    ​A Miami-Dade Police officer is accused of arresting a Guatemalan man on trumped up charges and calling him a "fucking immigrant" after asking where the man was from. Cases like this sure don't help those in favor of bringing Arizona-style immigration laws to Florida and claim that they wouldn't l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Elisha Dawkins, Iraq War Vet Discovered To Be An Illegal Immigrant, Gets A Deal

    ​Elisha Dawkins immigrated to Miami from the Bahamas as a young boy. It was only until after he served in both the Army and Navy and found himself in jail on a passport flap that he discovered that he was not a legal citizen. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami has offered a deal to Dawkins that w ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Marco Rubio tricked the Tea Party into thinking he was part of the clan

    ​Elisha Dawkins immigrated to Miami from the Bahamas as a young boy. It was only until after he served in both the Army and Navy and found himself in jail on a passport flap that he discovered that he was not a legal citizen. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami has offered a deal to Dawkins that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Marco Rubio Tricked The Tea Party

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke reassesses Sen. Marco Rubio's Tea Party credentials.I need to thank Marco Rubio. He really stuck it to the Tea Party. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Florida's Attempt at Arizona-Style Immigration Bill is Likely Dead

    ​It generated one of the most controversial and heated debates of the legislative session and is a key agenda item for Governor Rick Scott, but it seems likely that conservatives' efforts to pass an Arizona-style immigration bill in Florida is dead, despite the fact both houses are controlled by R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    ICE Agent Charged with Molesting 16-Year-Old

    ​Neil Julien, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been arrested on charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl back in 2005. According to NBC Miami, he allegedly molested the girl multiple time during the summer of 2005 while dating the girl's mother. The charges surfaced af ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2011

    Rollins College students spend spring break doing hard labor in Miami

    ​Neil Julien, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been arrested on charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl back in 2005. According to NBC Miami, he allegedly molested the girl multiple time during the summer of 2005 while dating the girl's mother. The charges surfaced af ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2011

    Letters from the issue of March 3, 2011

    ​Neil Julien, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been arrested on charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl back in 2005. According to NBC Miami, he allegedly molested the girl multiple time during the summer of 2005 while dating the girl's mother. The charges surfaced af ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Haitian deportation process is unfair

    ​Neil Julien, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been arrested on charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl back in 2005. According to NBC Miami, he allegedly molested the girl multiple time during the summer of 2005 while dating the girl's mother. The charges surfaced af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Alex Sink Concedes to Rick Scott

    In almost any other year Alex Sink probably would have scrubbed the floor with Rick Scott. Instead this morning she issued her concession speech. With a margin currently less than 80,000 votes it appears that Rick Scott, the man who ran a company convicted of defrauding Medicare, is set to take over ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Crocodiles at Grand Central November 3

    In almost any other year Alex Sink probably would have scrubbed the floor with Rick Scott. Instead this morning she issued her concession speech. With a margin currently less than 80,000 votes it appears that Rick Scott, the man who ran a company convicted of defrauding Medicare, is set to take over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    The Kat Stacks Interview We Didn't Have to Pay For

    ​Kat Stacks is a free market capitalist. She doesn't just give away sex -- and considering she claims to be sleeping with men named Gudda Gudda, who can blame her? And she certainly doesn't just give away her deep thoughts either. When we tried to interview hip-hop's proudest harlot in April, her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Kendrick Meek, Undocumented Students Rally at Miami-Dade College In Favor of DREAM Act

    ​Standing before a row of undocumented Miami-Dade College students downtown this morning, Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek urged Congress to pass a long-debated bill that would give college graduates and military members a quick path to full citizenship. Democrats plan to attach the DREAM Act to a def ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Miami's Mentally Disabled Immigrants Abused by Court System, Report Says

    Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    What's a little marriage fraud between amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart: To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia Amparo-Alvarado needed a big heart — but not this big

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Rick Scott Hates the Stimulus, But Company He Invested in Got $60m in Stim Funds

    Billionaire GOP Governor candidate Rick Scott says he has conservative values, but the kind of companies he invests in don't seem to. One company Scott invested in was shown to help send money from illegal immigrants back to Mexico even though he backs Arizona's immigration laws. Another h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Did Leading GOP Gov Candidate Rick Scott Invest in a Company That Helped Illegal Immigrants Send Money Back to Mexico?

    Billionaire businessman Rick Scott has come out of virtually nowhere to take an astounding double-digit lead in a recent poll against Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. This is thanks mainly to three things: (1) charisma-less career politician McCollum isn't ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Five in Homestead Fasting In Hopes of Forcing Obama to Halt Deportations

    Thanks to crotch bombers and death panels, immigration reform hasn't been the topic du jour in the Beltway since Obama took office. via fastforourfamilies.org Jenny Aguilar, a Honduran who has lived in the U.S. for 18 years but now faces deportation, is fasting in Homestead along with four ot ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    He Can't Come Home Again

    Despite a mention by the Supreme Court, David Gerbier is locked out of the United States.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Infant Child of ICE Employee Has Swine Flu

    Earlier this month, authorities confirmed an outbreak of the H1N1 virus at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, known as the Krome Service Processing Center, in Miami. Now the 19-month-old child of an employee at the center has a confirmed case of the virus, and the Americ ... More >>

  • Film

    February 26, 2009

    Crossing Over Is Borderline Offensive

    Citizen's arrest for Wayne Kramer's tasteless immigrant drama.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Immigrants, Latinos and Asians Basically Keeping Everything Afloat

    Your racist uncle thinks Latinos and Asians and other assorted immigrants are only good for Taco's, General Tso's Chicken and other assorted food court delicacies. Your racist uncle is, like always, wrong. "Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a political and economic powerhouse in Florida contributi ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    Homeland Security, No!

    Janet Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Obama's cabinet.

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Sham Marriage Hell

    Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

  • News

    July 10, 2008

    Natacha Seijas Is at It Again

    Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Latino Haters on the Rise, group says

    Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2008

    Haiti Prez: Stop Booting People

    Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Behind the Mask

    Dulce Pinzón celebrates everyday heroes.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Blog of the Day - Bring Back the Chain Gang?

    Dulce Pinzón celebrates everyday heroes.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Miami Immigration Judge a Would-Be Pol

    Dulce Pinzón celebrates everyday heroes.

  • News

    June 7, 2007

    UnFair

    A local leader testifies before Congress ... with questionable backing

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Deconstruction

    The last day of Menes Daniel’s life ...

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Exit Philbert

    Immigration wants to deport a well-known santero/drummer over five stolen shirts

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Screwed If By Sea

    Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of November 21, 2002

    Haitians yearning to breathe free -- in Miami

  • Diversions

    May 16, 2002

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    City of Miami Television (Channel 9)

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Admitting Terror

    The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    Used, Abused, and Forgotten

    What happens when you muster the courage to complain that you've been sexually assaulted at an INS facility? Not much.

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Orphans of the State

    For countless undocumented immigrant kids, America is not the land of puppies and Disney trips, but the land of neglect

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Life in the Echo Chamber

    For countless undocumented immigrant kids, America is not the land of puppies and Disney trips, but the land of neglect

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Letters

    For countless undocumented immigrant kids, America is not the land of puppies and Disney trips, but the land of neglect

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Cleaning Up Krome

    Lawyers Tina Fassnacht and Stacy Taeuber are all-purpose advocates at the West Dade immigrant camp

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    The Catalyst

    Marleine Bastien -- activist, social worker, songwriter, mother -- is helping to lead the resurgence of South Florida's Haitian political agenda

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

    Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

  • News

    August 28, 1997

    DeFede

    A Marked Man

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