he people have voted and the incumbent president was once again chosen to be our chief executive for four more years. Barack Obama’s reelection comes with a string of ripple effects that will transform the way U.S. presidential campaigns are run. Mitt Romney will forever go down as the presidential candidate to have captured the...Read More
As I watched the election results come in I switched back and forth from network to cable news. I was paying particular attention to some of our local races along with, of course, the Presidential race. After a while, I realized that almost every news channel had at least one commentator saying the same thing....Read More
The Florida State Board of Education decided, Tuesday, not to appeal a ruling from a Federal Judge prohibiting colleges and universities from charging higher tuition rates to children of undocumented immigrants. This is an important ruling and decision affecting thousands of students throughout the State of Florida. This is one more step toward better treatment...Read More
The Miami New Times is a trendy South Florida newspaper provided free to all who want to open the news box on the corner and read it. The news magazine is full of interesting stories one of which touched on the on-going troublesome issue of the detention of undocumented immigrants at a private for-profit facility...Read More
Grover Norquist, a staunch right-wing conservative Republican, is coming around with support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In a speech at the Midwest Forum, Norquist stated that immigration is not just a Democratic/Republican issue, it is an issue for the United States. Specifically, he said that it was a good idea to have more immigrants in...Read More
Finally what we have been waiting to hear from the man himself ever since the second presidential debate took place. In an interview Obama has said that if he is re-elected, he will “force a grand bargain with Republicans to reduce America’s debt” and most importantly that he will “achieve comprehensive immigration reform” all within...Read More
In Los Angeles, a group of inmates have filed a challenge to the “Immigration hold” system used throughout the country. Typically, if a non-citizen is arrested for a crime, even if the case is dismissed, an immigration hold is lodged against the person by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In many cases, the person detained...Read More
California was running on low steam lately with the Governor’s announcement of vetoing the Trust Act, the bill that would have limited the use of Secure Communities for the sake of detaining illegal immigrants in the state. Yet the wind is behind the Governor’s back this week given that the law he signed last month...Read More
Ever since the 2000 election where the decision of who would become the next president rested on such a small margin that was to be determined by the swing state of Florida, people have made a fuss about voting rules for they have the potential to make a huge impact in an election. For that...Read More
In what is surely a major letdown, the California Governor has decided to veto the bill that would have limited the use of Secure Communities in the state. The TRUST Act would have minimized the humanitarian impact of the federal program Secure Communities, and would have prohibited state and local jails from detaining suspects for...Read More
