Posted on 04/26/2011 6:24:29 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
TALLAHASSEE — Hundreds of immigrants, some in the country illegally, and their children are swarming the Capitol this week to plead with lawmakers not to break up their families.
Lining hallways, crowding into elevators and praying outside the Florida House and Senate chambers, immigrants -- including two bus loads from Palm Beach County on Tuesday -- are staging an all-out push in the final two weeks of the legislative session to keep an Arizona-style immigration reform from becoming a reality.
In tow are children of all ages whose parents are illegal immigrants and who have been deported or are in fear of being forced to return to their home country and leave their families behind.
The organized effort to shut down the Florida Legislature's immigration reform bills is shifting into high gear one year after Arizona's law went into effect.
And it comes as the Florida measures are already stalled with less than 10 days until the session ends.
The House is waiting for the Senate to pass its measure before taking up its more stringent proposal, including portions that would require law enforcement officials to request proof of immigration status for anyone suspected of a crime, including traffic violations.
The Senate is waiting for Gov. Rick Scott to lay out his plan before senators hold a special budget committee meeting on Thursday to take up the immigration issue.
With the business community and agricultural interests opposed to limits the immigration bills would put on them, Republican leaders in both chambers are reticent to take up their bills as the clock winds down on the session.
Somebody is gaming the system 5 kids ? Live in fear of being deported, but have no fear to bring 5 kids into the world. Have to bus people in ? Wonder why she didn't bring all 5 ?????????????????????
Deport a parent or parents - send the whole family.
It is questionable whether children born here to illegal aliens have U.S. citizenship, or their parent’s citizenship, as the parents are not here legally.
Move to CT, whine to the press and your Dem Sen. will get you off the hook.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2710976/posts
This is an opportunity to catch them and deport the.
If Marco Rubio were still Speaker of the Florida House, what position would he be taking on these immigration bills?
What does this tell you ? (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized an immigration bill passed by Georgia’s Legislature that would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status.
Obama also defended his administration’s record on securing U.S. borders and repeated his call for comprehensive immigration reform.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-obama-immigration-georgia-idUSTRE73P7QD20110427
Still haven’t Obama say anything about what Utah is doing ?
Amnesty would be my bet.I dont trust him.
No reason to break up the family, take the little bastards with you!
I thought they were intimidated, and “hiding in the shadows.” Doesn’t sound like they’re too afraid of deportation. Obama/Soetero was crowing on another thread about what a great job he’s done securing the border.
Back during his senatorial contest, one poster from Florida said Speaker Rubio fought any laws that got tough on illegal aliens. Some called him Mel Martinez 2.0.
I don't live in Florida and don't know, but people need to learn more about him before they proceed with this presidential or VP talk.
The illegals and others living on government handouts (and on the taxpayers back) have the time to travel to the capital to whine and demonstrate.
The people paying the bills can’t spend the day demonstrating because we are working or looking for work
I remember that Mel 2.0.
Ping!
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