Rubio would ramp up use of national employment database

By   /  February 7, 2013  /  Accountability, Featured, Florida, Immigration, Issues, News  /  No Comments

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., remains skeptical of any new gun legislation offered by federal legislators. (AP photo)

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog
ST. PETERSBURG — As Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio basks in the political limelight as the newly anointed ’savior’ of the Republican Party, all eyes are on his bipartisan immigration proposal released last week.
The framework, presented with support from seven other lawmakers, including Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and John McCain, R-Ariz., aims to [...]

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Virginia Week in Review: School grading system advances, McDonnell backs off I-95 tolls

By   /  February 1, 2013  /  Education, Featured, Immigration, News, public sector, Transparency, transportation, Virginia  /  No Comments

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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – State lawmakers hit the books during national School Choice Week, voting on several education-reform bills, with mixed results.
School-grading system heads to House floor
The House Education Committee moved House Bill 1999, part of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s “All-Students” education reform package, to the House floor on a 14-7 [...]

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U.S. ‘sponsors’ immigrants’ raid on welfare

By   /  January 28, 2013  /  Featured, Immigration, National, News  /  2 Comments

LEGAL? A lack of enforcement of the U.S. government's "Affidavit of Support" program enables sponsors to shirk their financial responsibilities to legal immigrants.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Obama this week lays out a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal immigrants, millions of legal immigrants are collecting hundreds of billions of dollars in public benefits at taxpayer expense.

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Rubio takes lead in immigration reform

By   /  January 24, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Featured, Florida, Immigration, Issues, News  /  1 Comment

ES EL TIEMPO: Rubio habla a Florida Watchdog de su plan para reformar la inmigracion.

By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog
MIAMI — As Washington leaders rush to put together comprehensive immigration plans, traditionally partisan officials are putting differences aside to address the millions of illegal immigrants living in the country.
“There’s always political ramifications to everything we do or fail to do, but my motivation on immigration is not the politics [...]

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Rubio toma la delantera en la reforma de inmigración

By   /  January 24, 2013  /  Featured, Florida En Español, Immigration, Issues, News  /  No Comments

ES EL TIEMPO: Rubio habla a Florida Watchdog de su plan para reformar la inmigracion.

Por Marianela Toledo| Florida Watchdog
MIAMI — Como si se tratara de un juego de naipes, políticos de ambos partidos se apuran a ‘poner sobre la mesa’ las cartas que permitirán delinear una reforma inmigratoria que saque de la sombra a  millones de personas sin documentos legales.
En la partida está en juego el cada vez más [...]

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