The 30-year-old son of a Florida congressman was charged with smuggling illegal immigrants after federal authorities found people hidden in his truck during a border inspection Sunday in Arizona. ...more

September 17, 2008

The 30-year-old son of a Florida congressman was charged with smuggling illegal immigrants after federal authorities found people hidden in his truck during a border inspection Sunday in Arizona. ...more

September 16, 2008

Cost Should Be Minimal Regarding " 'Send Them All Back' Not So Easy" (Our Opinion, Sept. 6): ...more

September 15, 2008

Two men face charges that they illegally transported Mexican immigrants to Florida after Manatee County sheriff's deputies found five aliens in a van and nearly $18,000 stuffed into the pair's shoes. ...more

September 10, 2008

Two men face charges that they illegally transported Mexican immigrants to Florida after Manatee County sheriff's deputies found five aliens in a van and nearly $18,000 stuffed into the pair's shoes. ...more

September 9, 2008

"Should I stay or should I go." To quote the band "The Clash," illegal immigrants to Avon Park and its environs must be asking just that question. If they stay here, they risk arrest, deportation, exploitation or worse. If they go back to Mexico, they risk greater poverty, starvation, exploitation even murder by corrupt thugs, drug dealers and cops. Nice choice, eh? I recently witnessed a demonstration against illegal immigration at the intersection of US 27 and SR 64 in Avon Park. Truck drivers were honking their air horns presumably in support of the demonstrators who proudly waved American flags next to a pickup truck with a sign against illegal immigration and for drilling domestic oil. In attendance was the former mayor of Avon Park, a huge enemy of illegal immigration. I don't know him, never met him, but I've heard him speak. Nice to know paranoia is alive and well in America. ...more

September 8, 2008

When three Mexican nationals were arrested for a series of rapes in the Tampa Bay area, public officials battled over how law enforcement handles illegal aliens and some residents complained that the immigrant crime problem had gotten out of hand. ...more

September 7, 2008

Explain, Congresswoman Regarding "Search For Culprit In Immigrants' Crime Spree Starts On Capitol Hill" (Our Opinion, Aug. 26): ...more

August 30, 2008

Had I been asked, I could have supplied Sen. John McCain a much more accurate speech for his "end of first term." Here is my suggestion: ...more

June 12, 2008

AVON PARK — Norm Stephens knows that in a recessionary economy, voters aren't likely to approve any suggestion of a tax increase. And in November, there will be nine ballot issues to confuse voters, including a one-cent sales tax which that would replace school property taxes. And furthermore, the 10-mill college property tax is No. 8 on the list, after the amendments prohibiting gay marriage and illegal aliens owning land. So its chances of passing may be small. But if voters approve in November, the Legislature would be required to allow the commissioners in Highlands, Hardee and DeSoto counties to hold a election which would generate property taxes to support South Florida Community College. "It's a four-step process," said Stephens, SFCC president. "It has to be approved by 60 percent of the voters in November. That allows the Legislature to develop rules. Then the counties can place it on the ballot, and the voters would have to approve again." ...more

June 8, 2008