National Security

Homeland Security budget includes funding for ‘nationwide deployment’ of Secure Communities

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.14.12 | 1:18 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Department of Homeland Security’s 2013 budget, released Monday, includes overall cuts to the agency, but secures funding for the controversial immigration enforcement program Secure Communities.

Immigration restrictionist group says Florida governor is welcoming ‘illegal aliens’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 8:30 am | More from The Florida Independent

A Florida immigration restrictionist group put up a billboard this week to thank Gov. Rick Scott for welcoming “illegal aliens” to Florida.

Report: Number of Muslim-Americans indicted for terrorist plots going down

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.09.12 | 6:15 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The number of Muslim-Americans indicted for violent plots and/or offering financial support to terrorism declined for the second straight year, according to a study released Wednesday.

“Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11″ (.pdf), the third annual report on this issue, states that 20 Muslim-Americans were indicted for violent More…

Houston area lawmakers, flush with industry cash, request drone testing site

By | 02.09.12 | 9:15 am

Could residents of Houston see the same unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flown in the Middle East soon flying overhead here at home? Several Houston area lawmakers recently requested that acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta, consider Ellington Field, a small airport in southeast Houston, as

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Occupy Miami protesters say they have been highlighting, not perpetuating homelessness

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.08.12 | 3:36 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Five members of Occupy Miami said Tuesday night that despite last week’s eviction and arrests the movement will continue to meet and move forward with a campaign to support homeowners who have been evicted.

Activists praise ICE decision not to open new family detention center in Texas

By | 02.08.12 | 10:42 am

Prior to 2009, undocumented immigrant families were detained in a private prison facility in Taylor, Texas. The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, owned by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), profited from a government contract to imprison undocumented families. After the ACLU of Texas sued the T. Don Hutto Center and More…

‘Attrition through enforcement’ immigration policy already a reality, advocates say

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.07.12 | 4:54 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Immigration advocates said Monday that an “attrition through enforcement” immigration strategy is nothing new, and already interferes with the daily lives of undocumented and their families, including U.S.-born children.

Numbers USA says real winners in Florida GOP were ‘self-deportation,’ ‘Latino dignity’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.03.12 | 11:49 am | More from The Florida Independent

Numbers USA — an organization that agitates “For Lower Immigration Levels” — wrote this week that the “Vote Winners” in Florida’s recent GOP presidential primary “Are Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation.”

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