SB 1070 Major Issue in Republican Primary Wins
Republican candidates who favor greater restrictions on immigration won races in Arizona and Florida.
Tag: Florida politics
Race to See Who Can Be Florida’s Most Anti-Illegal Immigration Candidate
The fight between Bill McCollum and Rick Scott for Florida’s GOP gubernatorial nomination has featured anti-immigrant rhetoric–and it’s making the some of the state’s Hispanic Republicans uneasy.
Haitian Americans Edge Toward First U.S. Congress Seat
Four out of nine candidates in the Democratic Primary in Florida’s 17th district are Haitian American. Community leaders fear they will split the vote and miss an opportunity to send the first Haitian American to Congress.
Haitians in South Florida: “Wi Nou Kapab” (Yes, We Can)
This story is by Macollvie Jean-François, a Haitian-American news reporter with the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. On a recent Thursday night at a Haitian restaurant near Fort Lauderdale, Karl Heintz held court at a table where he sat with…