Chan Lowe: The Supreme Court's immigration decision
So everybody “won.” Because this is an election year, the analysts and pundits are consumed with the horserace aspect: Did President Obama win points in this split decision, or did Governor Brewer and...
View ArticleTime for a U.S. immigration lesson
The Statue of Liberty stands at the entrance to New York harbor like a modern-day Colossus of Rhodes. The "new Colossus" serves as a beacon of freedom and hope for the world, but this great gift from...
View Article1.76 million Dreamers could emerge from the shadows
For those opposed to allowing the undocumented children brought to this country by their parents, the information provided by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is bad news. The government estimated,...
View ArticleShould illegal immigrants who are allowed to stay be denied benefits?
For all Floridians who have a problem with Gov. Rick Scott, I have a new rallying cry: “At least Jan Brewer is not our governor.” Brewer is the Arizona empress who has now defied a directive from...
View ArticleRomney has tough task to gain Hispanic voters
Several publications have said GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney needs 38 percent of the Hispanic vote to win the November election. If that is the case, President Barrack Obama will win a second...
View ArticleFriday's letters to the editor
End relief hypocrisy With the onslaught of Hurricane Isaac , the Republican Party is in a real pickle. Isaac will surely cause a lot of damage requiring Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to have to ask...
View ArticleObama, Romney immigration clash gives voters distinctive options
— The explosive issue of immigration reform has given President Barack Obama a clear advantage among Hispanic voters in Florida while giving many conservatives one more reason to rally behind...
View ArticleTropical Triathlon coming to Lake Worth
LAKE WORTH The City of Lake Worth will be co-hosting the Annual Tropical Triathlon on Sept. 30, and residents need to make plans to alter their Sunday morning routines in some areas. The Lake Worth...
View ArticleParty Positions on Immigration
Florida Hispanic Voters Total registered voters …. 1,550,635 Democrats…………….......592,434 Republicans..………………463,298 No party…………………...
View ArticleI'll support '100 percent' of Americans, Romney tells S. Fla. crowd
Back again in Florida, Mitt Romney on Wednesday said he would represent “100 percent” of Americans, striving to dampen the controversy that has dogged him since video surfaced of him saying nearly half...
View ArticleObama defends record on immigration, but gives Romney new opening
President Obama defended his handling of the immigration issue on Thursday at a town hall focused on Hispanic issues, but handed Mitt Romney fuel for a new line of attack when he acknowledged that one...
View ArticleGuatemalan Mayas to celebrate festival of St. Michael
The Guatemalan Mayas of Palm Beach County, a quiet subculture of hardworking and often undocumented immigrants, will make a rare public appearance on Saturday when they celebrate the Fiesta of San...
View ArticleWho won the Supreme Court's immigration decision?
In boxing terms, Monday’s Supreme Court decision on immigration was a split decision, with no knockout for either side. But, while Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is busy patting herself on the back and...
View ArticleMany don't understand latest immigration order
Few people in this country truly understand the meaning of the executive order President Barack Obama signed to defer the deportation of young people who entered the country illegally. Many say it is...
View ArticleU.S. extends temporary status for Haitians
Tens of thousands of Haitians who came to South Florida following the 2010 earthquake will get extra time to live and work here while the struggle to rebuild their shattered Caribbean nation continues....
View ArticleHow many legal immigrants should the U.S. allow?
Did a late topic switch yesterday, so instead of covering the Heat parade I wrote about the ongoing immigration tensions in the U.S. following the Supreme Court's split decision on Arizonas...
View ArticlePhony South Florida religious group defrauds $4 million from 1,400 immigrants
Four South Floridians posed as representatives of a Christian organization to rip off $4 million from vulnerable immigrants. Seamens Harvest Ministries operated out of a storefront in a Plantation...
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