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Gov. Scott’s legislative agenda in Fla. includes immigration enforcement

By | 09.21.11 | 10:16 am | More from The Florida Independent

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports today that an immigration enforcement bill is one of several items Gov. Rick Scott has on his “controversial legislative agenda.”

The Sentinel adds that during the 2011 legislative session, “Scott and the House wanted to require companies to use the federal E-Verify program More…

Disparities exist between unemployment rates of minorities

By | 07.12.11 | 2:52 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The situation of women, blacks and Hispanic workers who are employed, unemployed or looking for jobs in the U.S. merits a closer look. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report for June, released last Friday, shows that whites have an 8.1 percent unemployment rate, while that same rate reached 16.2 More…

Gov. Scott unaffected by critics of abortion-rights restricting bills

By | 05.18.11 | 5:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In an exclusive interview with Florida Baptist Witness, Gov. Rick Scott briefly discussed public reaction to the state legislature’s passage of More…

Chomsky Book Banned From Guantanamo

By | 10.12.09 | 11:16 am

The donation of an anthology of post-9/11 commentary by Professor Noam Chomsky has been rejected from the library at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, reports The Miami Herald.

While the prison offers inmates books and videos on Harry Potter and the World Cup, which are among the more More…

Judge Rules Torture Details Irrelevant to Detainee’s Mental Health

By | 08.11.09 | 11:30 am

A military commission judge has ruled that the types of abusive techniques U.S. interrogators used on a suspected 9-11 conspirator are irrelevant to determining his competence to stand trial, the Miami Herald reports.

Ramzi bin al Shibh is one of five men charged by the U.S. military commission More…