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VIDEO: Drug war policy an important topic for Summit of the Americas

By | 04.10.12 | 11:25 am

Another Latin American president has called for a conversation about the U.S.-sponsored war on drugs during the sixth Summit of the Americas, which takes place next week in Cartagena, Colombia.

Residents, activists stage Stations of the Cross to oppose immigration detention center

By | 04.09.12 | 10:59 am

As part of a permanent campaign to protest a proposed immigration detention center in South Florida, more than 60 residents and immigrant advocates gathered Saturday to stage the Stations of the Cross.

DREAM Activists open to Rubio’s ‘conservative-Republican alternative’

By | 04.05.12 | 4:47 pm

CNN.com contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. writes Thursday, “I call the GOP approach to the DREAM Act something else: A common sense solution. It could break a stalemate and improve millions of lives. And it could only be opposed for ugly partisan reasons.” That sentiment is stirring up debate among longtime DREAM Act supporters.

Reps from Florida take positions on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law

By | 04.05.12 | 12:27 pm

In the ongoing legal battle over Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration enforcement law, which will be taken up by the Supreme Court later this month, members of Florida’s congressional delegation have signed court briefs on both sides of the issue.

Rubio’s ‘conservative-Republican’ DREAM Act may not fly with immigration restrictionists

By | 04.04.12 | 11:47 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., stirred up the immigration debate last week when he announced a proposal to offer a “conservative-Republican alternative” to the DREAM Act, but it might not be enough for “attrition through enforcement” supporters, including Mitt Romney and his immigration advisor Kris Kobach.

Copycat immigration enforcement bill dies in Mississippi Senate

By | 04.04.12 | 9:57 am

An immigration enforcement bill that contains the same type of provisions that have Arizona’s S.B. 1070 poised for a Supreme Court hearing died Tuesday in the Mississippi Senate.

Immigrant advocates prepare for Supreme Court fight over Arizona’s crackdown

By | 04.04.12 | 8:37 am

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments about Arizona’s immigration enforcement-only law on April 25, immigrant advocates, civil rights activists and other organization have issued documents and filed briefs opposing the state’s law.

Rubio’s ‘conservative-Republican alternative’ to the DREAM Act draws criticism

By | 04.03.12 | 9:42 am

Sen. Marco Rubio’s recent proposal to offer a “conservative-Republican alternative” to the DREAM Act continues to draw criticism from media outlets that say it could result in “a half-measure that produces only a different sort of legal limbo” for immigrants.

Rubio, GOP drafting ‘conservative-Republican alternative’ to the DREAM Act

By | 03.30.12 | 11:22 am

GOP elected officials, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are working on “a conservative-Republican alternative” to the DREAM Act, in an effort to reach out to Latino voters before the November presidential election.

VIDEO: Rubio says we shouldn’t debate national security

By | 03.29.12 | 4:46 pm

In a press conference today addressing proposed cuts to defense spending, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., suggested that issues of national security should not be debated.

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