Alabama is the most recent state to propose an immigration package similar to the Arizona laws passed last year, following the recent package passed in Utah. A group of protesters gathered at the Statehouse Thursday, March 10, to state their objections to the bill includes two worrisome provisions. The first provision allows police to detain...Read More

Florida City is hoping to have a new immigrant detention center built, reports say. The city is applying for a grant to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility that would have enough room to house as many as 2,300 detainees. Although it would cost $150 million, officials expect that it would...Read More

The Florida Speaker of the House, Republican Dean Cannon from Winter Park, has announced that a new immigration-enforcement bill will be introduced during the newly begun legislative session. Much to the dismay of many, the bill would solidify the attempts of the previously drafted bills by allowing law enforcement officers to check the immigration status...Read More

It’s official- Florida lawmakers are pushing for a watered-down version of Arizona’s strict immigration laws. These will be considered during the 60-day legislative session beginning today. They claim this is part of a broad effort by a coalition of states to enact laws that will force Washington to create a uniform set of immigration reforms....Read More

It used to be that individuals who applied for permanent residency or adjustment of status and whose cases were still pending ran the risk of having their application denied if they left the United States without first obtaining a special permission called Advance Parole. Currently, applicants who are granted Advance Parole are issued Form I-512 and...Read More

The Immigration Bar in Miami, Florida lost a good Judge and a great man Sunday when Kevin G. Bradley passed away. Judge Bradley was appointed Immigration Judge in March 1997. He received his B.A. from Cathedral College in 1973, and his J.D. from Suffolk University in 1980. From 1988 to 1997, Judge Bradley served as...Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has, once again, stepped up to defend the rights of the defenseless. This time, it was to defend a handicapped man who suffers from moderate retardation. Jose Antonio Franco, a 30-year-old man with a mental age of two, was facing deportation from the U.S. but his case came to...Read More

Those who believe non-immigrants or natives were exempt from discrimination will be blown away by this landmark case that is quickly becoming a hotbed for scandal. What began as a conspiracy charge related to the nation’s largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants has now evolved into a second lawsuit filed on behalf of four women...Read More

Word has come out that William Snyder, a Republican Florida state Representative, has received an e-mail message threatening his life and that of his family. The apparent reason was because of the Florida Immigration bill he is sponsoring that is incredibly similar to the controversial new Arizona immigration law. The e-mail read, “You better just...Read More

A group of state elected officials affiliated with the Progressive States Network are for what has been dubbed the “State Legislators for Progressive Immigration Policy,” and have been at the forefront of advancing pragmatic state approaches to immigration which look to expand opportunities for all of its residents while strengthening communities and state economies. With...Read More