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Miami HeraldTALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott’s pledge to bring an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida probably won’t happen, but a House committee voted Thursday to bring him the next best thing.
The new Florida immigration reform plan would require police to check the immigration status of a person who is under arrest or is the subject of a criminal investigation.
That language stops short of Arizona’s controversial law, which requires police to determine a person’s immigration status whenever the officer makes “any lawful contact” with the individual.
To critics, Florida’s proposal will essentially allow for the same type of racial or ethnic profiling that they say is the inevitable product of Arizona’s law.
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Lawmakers are under intense pressure to crack down on illegal immigration - an issue that polls well, except among Hispanics, who happened to be a prized voting bloc in the state. Gov. Scott made an Arizona-style immigration law a cornerstone of his primary campaign ....
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