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Immigration reform group launches Florida chapter

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An immigration reform group founded by tech billionaires is launching in Florida to push for common sense economic reform and a pathway to citizenship for people in the United States illegally. FWD.us, founded by Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates among others, is gathering a coalition of business, community and faith leaders to push for immigration reform. The group favors equipping law enforcement with the tools necessary to stem further illegal immigrants from coming into the US so they can focus on more dangerous criminals…

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Activists want Bob Buckhorn to oppose immigration bill proposed in Tallahassee

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Immigration activists concerned about state legislation they say targets them held events throughout Florida on Wednesday, including in Tampa. Groups going under the name “We Are Florida” are criticizing several bills percolating in Tallahassee this  Session, none more so than House Bill  675. Sponsored by Yamaha Republican Larry Metz, it would  penalize cities, counties and sheriffs in Florida that don’t fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “It’s going to create fear,” said Nancy Palacios, an organizer with the group Faith in Florida. “It’s…

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ACLU & other groups now oppose police body camera bill in Tallahassee

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After the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of law enforcement agencies last year, there was a nationwide clamor for police officers to begin wearing body cameras as a way to provide transparency and accountability for both the police and the citizenry. President Obama announced $263 million in funding for law enforcement agencies to buy body-worn cameras and improve training, and police departments throughout the Tampa Bay area said they would begin implementing their usage as well.…

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Immigration activists say they should count in Rick Scott’s Florida

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In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Rick Scott hailed Florida’s diversity, featuring sentences in his speech that mentioned that “we are home to over 250 languages,” and “we are clearly the best melting pot in the world.” But in Ybor City’s Centennial Park in Tampa on Wednesday, a group of immigration activists said that the governor’s pride in the state’s multiculturalism clearly doesn’t extend to those fighting for comprehensive immigration reform. “What he failed to say is that he…

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