MiamiHerald.com: Immigration

Poll: 71 percent of Fla. voters back immigration reform

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:38 EDT

The poll results could be a big boost to Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential presidential candidate in 2016.

Instead of detention, many undocumented immigrants being electronically monitored

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:31 EDT

The federal government says it is less expensive to monitor undocumented immigrants through phone calls, at-home check ins or electronic monitors than to keep them in jail.

Rubio balancing act leads some to doubt commitment to bill

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:16 EDT

The Florida senator, a leader of the effort to reform U.S. immigration laws, says adjustments must be made to ensure that the measure passes.

Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants’ kids vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:42 EDT

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a measure Tuesday that would have allowed undocumented migrants’ children to get temporary driver’s licenses.

Evangelical leaders spend $250,000 to back immigration reform

Thu, 30 May 2013 16:59 EDT

The Evangelical Immigration Table launched a massive media buy that includes radio ads and billboards in Florida to push for immigration reform.

Immigration activists protest Sen. Marco Rubio after gay couples left out of reform bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57 EDT

Gay activists protested Sen. Marco Rubio after same-sex couples were left out immigration reform bill.

S. Fla. activists take part in a caravan to urge for speedy immigration reform

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:20 EDT

Immigration activists in Miami on Wednesday marked International Workers Day with a vehicle caravan from Little Havana to Doral to urge Congress to speed immigration reform and President Barack Obama to halt deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Miami-Dade couple separated by deportation cling to hopes of reuniting

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:24 EDT

Paola Arango and Bruce Eckel are married, but she is still barred from returning to the U.S. from Colombia.

Number of Cuban migrants to U.S. believed to be rising

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:02 EDT

Feds say that figures show an increasing number of Cubans are arriving in the U.S. — but what the number is is not yet known.

Bipartisan bill could help 740,000 undocumented immigrants in Florida

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:31 EDT

A bipartisan group of senators formally filed an 844-page immigration bill, setting the stage for months of public debate about the proposal.

Immigration Plan Would Create New Visas; Announcement Canceled Due to Boston Bombings

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00 EDT

The highly anticipated proposal from an eight-member bipartisan group also aims to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants into the country by creating tens of thousands of new visas for foreign workers in low-skilled jobs, according to a 17-page summary of the bill obtained by The Washington Post.

Undocumented immigrants face major hurdles, more than decade long wait for U.S. citizenship

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:40 EDT

New details of the massive immigration bill to be introduced in the Senate next week show it contains a list of tough requirements for undocumented immigrants to become citizens.

House OKs bill giving children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:15 EDT

State representatives overwhelming voted in favor of a bill extending in-state college tuition rates to students born in the United States, but whose parents are undocumented immigrants. However, the Senate hasn’t yet had a hearing on the subject, lessening its chances of it becoming a law this session.

Criminals among the 225 immigrants freed by ICE in Florida after sequester

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:00 EDT

Of the 225 immigrants freed by U.S. authorities in Florida as a result of the sequester, 76 had prior convictions and 10 fell into the riskiest category.Of the 225 immigrants freed by U.S. authorities in Florida as a result of the sequester, 76 had prior convictions and 10 fell into the riskiest category.

Supreme Court DOMA ruling could allow married gay binational couples to stay together in U.S.

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:24 EST

A Supreme Court decision this spring could allow gay men and women to sponsor their foreign-born same-sex husbands and wives for residency in the United States.

Violent Mexican drug gang, Zetas, taking control of migrant smuggling

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:10 EDT

One of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs has muscled into the migrant-smuggling racket, changing what had been a relatively benign if risky industry of independent operators into a centralized business that often has deadly consequences for those who try to operate outside it.

S.C. House approves immigration crackdown bill

Wed, 25 May 2011 07:41 EDT

Those suspected of being in the country illegally soon may have to prove they are U.S. citizens, at least in South Carolina. S.C. House members approved an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigrants by a 69-43 vote.

Police: Five migrants come ashore in Palm Beach

Fri, 13 May 2011 05:30 EDT

Palm Beach Police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office are attempting to track five migrants who illegally came ashore near the Southern Boulevard Causeway Thursday night.

Undocumented dreamers won't give up

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:17 EST

When the Senate refused to pass the immigration bill known as the Dream Act last week, a bunch of undocumented young people in South Florida found themselves on the wrong side of the nation's contentious political divide.

Undocumented students devastated after U.S. Senate blocks DREAM Act

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:59 EST

A controversial bill that would have granted legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented students was blocked once again in the Senate Saturday.