Miami residents to protest immigration bill - Florida Wires - MiamiHerald.com: "Miami residents plan to protest tough immigration bills being debated in the Legislature.
A House bill allows local police to check a person's immigration status if they suspect they are in the country illegally and requires they check the status of anyone under investigation for a crime. Courts have blocked similar provisions in Arizona's new immigration law.
The Senate version allows employers to use driver licenses to check work eligibility.
More than 1,000 Floridians visited Tallahassee last week to oppose the bills. Maria Rodriguez from the Florida Immigrant Coalition said Senate President Mike Haridopolos' decision to move forward with the bill 'is a slap in the face to Latinos.'
She and other activists will lead a caravan through Miami on Sunday."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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