“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:35, 40)
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Aside from pure meanness augmented by stupidity, what is the purpose of this?
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TALLAHASSEE — Undocumented students wouldn’t be admitted to the state’s public universities under a proposal reviewed by the State University System Board of Governors on Thursday.
Board considers rule to block undocumented students from universities By Ana Goñi-Lessan News Service of Florida
The board discussed a new rule that would make students who are not lawfully present in the United States ineligible for enrollment at any of the 12 state universities beginning with the 2027-28 academic year.
The rule change would not affect students already enrolled. Currently, the university system does not flag students who are not lawfully present in the U.S. Some board members questioned whether the rule would affect international students who are enrolled in online degrees.
For example, if a student is located in Toronto and is paying out-of-state tuition for an online MBA at the University of Florida. “I don’t think it would be the intent of this board to preclude somebody who lives overseas to access online programs, ” said Board Chair Alan Levine. “I think what we’re talking about is graduate and undergraduate resident programs.”
The rule was amended to clarify that it did not apply to students located outside the U.S., but it hasn’t been formally approved by the board, which while hold a vote at a later date on the proposal.
Next week, the state Board of Education, which governs Florida’s 24 state colleges, will also discuss new policies that bar undocumented students from attending those institutions and taking the General Educational Development test.
The rules were originally slated for a May 13 meeting but were postponed and set on the agenda for Tuesday. One rule requires applicants to state colleges to provide attestation they are a U.S. citizen or lawfully present in the U.S. prior to being admitted and to provide documentation of their status before enrollment.
Another rule would ban undocumented immigrants from adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges. Adult general education programs prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma. “Adult education providers must establish and implement written policies to verify that students are United States citizens or lawfully present in the United States, ” the proposed rule says.
Under the landmark 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, states cannot prevent undocumented children from attending a K-12 public school without “showing that it furthers some substantial state interest.”
The proposed rules, however, could affect students under 18, as the GED exam can be taken by 16- and 17-year-olds, and high school students in Florida have opportunities for dual enrollment classes within the state college system
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They pay tuition and being educated, they benefit America. So, why the jingoism?
Not only immoral and unnecessary, but economically stupid. But that’s the MAGAs:
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump twin legal victories supporting his immigration policies designed to oust migrants from the U.S., advocates for foreign-born workers and their employers were calculating the potential losses of asylum seekers who are lawfully working around Florida and the nation.
A study released last week by Washington, D.C.-based WorkPermits.US found that 541,000 workers of foreign origin in Florida have filed asylum applications, making the state No. 1 in the country. Nationally, U.S. workers applying for asylum number at least 2.3 million, contributing more than $108 billion to the economy annually in addition to $33 billion in combined taxes.
Jennifer Stevens, vice president of healthcare at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, openly worried about the immediate futures of Haitian staff members who help care for the nonprofit enclave’s elderly clients.
“We have a population of Haitian team members that we adore. Many of them have been with us for over 10 years, have amazing relationships with our elders, provide 24-hour care for them, all day, every day,” she said at an online news conference sponsored by an advocacy group for asylum seekers on Wednesday. “And to lose any of them, even one, is an impact to our elders. It’s just a devastating reality for us.”
The reality seemed even worse after Supreme Court justices voted 6-3 to give the Trump Administration a green light to strip away Temporary Protection Status for thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States. In a separate ruling, the court ruled that agents could physically stop asylum seekers from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as they fled persecution for their political or religious beliefs, or ethnic or racial backgrounds.Highly vulnerable
“How are they going to make a living?” Stevens asked in a phone interview. “How are they going to go back to Haiti? It is super dangerous for them.”
The number of Haitians under John Knox Village’s employ may be small at 12, out of some 300 staff.
But they are part of a much greater population of South Florida residents of foreign origin who have applied for asylum to live in the United States. They work in a variety of key state industries: construction, healthcare, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, transportation and wholesale and retail trades.
The challenge facing both workers and employers is not confined to TPS or stopping would-be asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexican border.
In February, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule that could eliminate work permits for most asylum applicants. The rule, which has yet to take effect, ties eligibility for work permits to a 180-day asylum application processing time. The problem is that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service lacks the resources to handle high volumes of applicants within that time.
At the news conference Wednesday, WorkPermits.US unveiled a study that asserts how severe the impact on the region’s labor market could be if asylum seekers who have applied to live in the U.S. permanently are suddenly denied access to the asylum process and forced to return to their homelands.
Overall, she said, the Department of Homeland Security is making it harder for employees with pending asylum applications to retain their authorizations.
“There are more than 500,000 with a pending asylum application in Florida,” she said.
The second major change facing asylum seekers is the Trump Administration’s termination of Temporary Protection Status for Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans.
At the end of 2024, there were 1.3 million people shielded from deportations by TPS, including 350,000 from Haiti, 600,000 from Venezuela and 4,000 from Nicaragua.
“If these terminations go into effect, hundreds of thousands of individuals will lose their work authorizations,” she said.
“These policy changes are not happening in a silo,” Moreno said. “It’s critical for South Florida elected officials to speak out against these policies.”
All told, 5% of the total South Florida workforce consists of asylum applicants.
“They are the people building our homes, staffing our hospitals, and keeping our restaurants and hotels running,” Connor said.
The study he conducted drew on the 2024 American Community Survey — a large-scale, annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It relied on “immigration status assignments for asylum applicants, economic variables in the ACS such as labor force participation, industry of employment, state and metro area of residence.” Connor said populations in the 2024 ACS were “reweighted to reflect the total number of asylum applicants as of the end of fiscal year 2025.” Allowing for several months to obtain a work permit, the estimates reflect an asylum applicant population with access to work permits as of early 2026.
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Aside from pure meanness augmented by stupidity, what is the purpose of this?
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TALLAHASSEE — Undocumented students wouldn’t be admitted to the state’s public universities under a proposal reviewed by the State University System Board of Governors on Thursday.
Board considers rule to block undocumented students from universities By Ana Goñi-Lessan News Service of Florida
The board discussed a new rule that would make students who are not lawfully present in the United States ineligible for enrollment at any of the 12 state universities beginning with the 2027-28 academic year.
The rule change would not affect students already enrolled. Currently, the university system does not flag students who are not lawfully present in the U.S. Some board members questioned whether the rule would affect international students who are enrolled in online degrees.
For example, if a student is located in Toronto and is paying out-of-state tuition for an online MBA at the University of Florida. “I don’t think it would be the intent of this board to preclude somebody who lives overseas to access online programs, ” said Board Chair Alan Levine. “I think what we’re talking about is graduate and undergraduate resident programs.”
The rule was amended to clarify that it did not apply to students located outside the U.S., but it hasn’t been formally approved by the board, which while hold a vote at a later date on the proposal.
Next week, the state Board of Education, which governs Florida’s 24 state colleges, will also discuss new policies that bar undocumented students from attending those institutions and taking the General Educational Development test.
The rules were originally slated for a May 13 meeting but were postponed and set on the agenda for Tuesday. One rule requires applicants to state colleges to provide attestation they are a U.S. citizen or lawfully present in the U.S. prior to being admitted and to provide documentation of their status before enrollment.
Another rule would ban undocumented immigrants from adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges. Adult general education programs prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma. “Adult education providers must establish and implement written policies to verify that students are United States citizens or lawfully present in the United States, ” the proposed rule says.
Under the landmark 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, states cannot prevent undocumented children from attending a K-12 public school without “showing that it furthers some substantial state interest.”
The proposed rules, however, could affect students under 18, as the GED exam can be taken by 16- and 17-year-olds, and high school students in Florida have opportunities for dual enrollment classes within the state college system
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They pay tuition and being educated, they benefit America. So, why the jingoism?
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Not only immoral and unnecessary, but economically stupid. But that’s the MAGAs:
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump twin legal victories supporting his immigration policies designed to oust migrants from the U.S., advocates for foreign-born workers and their employers were calculating the potential losses of asylum seekers who are lawfully working around Florida and the nation.
A study released last week by Washington, D.C.-based WorkPermits.US found that 541,000 workers of foreign origin in Florida have filed asylum applications, making the state No. 1 in the country. Nationally, U.S. workers applying for asylum number at least 2.3 million, contributing more than $108 billion to the economy annually in addition to $33 billion in combined taxes.
Jennifer Stevens, vice president of healthcare at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, openly worried about the immediate futures of Haitian staff members who help care for the nonprofit enclave’s elderly clients.
“We have a population of Haitian team members that we adore. Many of them have been with us for over 10 years, have amazing relationships with our elders, provide 24-hour care for them, all day, every day,” she said at an online news conference sponsored by an advocacy group for asylum seekers on Wednesday. “And to lose any of them, even one, is an impact to our elders. It’s just a devastating reality for us.”
The reality seemed even worse after Supreme Court justices voted 6-3 to give the Trump Administration a green light to strip away Temporary Protection Status for thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States. In a separate ruling, the court ruled that agents could physically stop asylum seekers from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as they fled persecution for their political or religious beliefs, or ethnic or racial backgrounds.Highly vulnerable
“How are they going to make a living?” Stevens asked in a phone interview. “How are they going to go back to Haiti? It is super dangerous for them.”
The number of Haitians under John Knox Village’s employ may be small at 12, out of some 300 staff.
But they are part of a much greater population of South Florida residents of foreign origin who have applied for asylum to live in the United States. They work in a variety of key state industries: construction, healthcare, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, transportation and wholesale and retail trades.
The challenge facing both workers and employers is not confined to TPS or stopping would-be asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexican border.
In February, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule that could eliminate work permits for most asylum applicants. The rule, which has yet to take effect, ties eligibility for work permits to a 180-day asylum application processing time. The problem is that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service lacks the resources to handle high volumes of applicants within that time.
At the news conference Wednesday, WorkPermits.US unveiled a study that asserts how severe the impact on the region’s labor market could be if asylum seekers who have applied to live in the U.S. permanently are suddenly denied access to the asylum process and forced to return to their homelands.
Overall, she said, the Department of Homeland Security is making it harder for employees with pending asylum applications to retain their authorizations.
“There are more than 500,000 with a pending asylum application in Florida,” she said.
The second major change facing asylum seekers is the Trump Administration’s termination of Temporary Protection Status for Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans.
At the end of 2024, there were 1.3 million people shielded from deportations by TPS, including 350,000 from Haiti, 600,000 from Venezuela and 4,000 from Nicaragua.
“If these terminations go into effect, hundreds of thousands of individuals will lose their work authorizations,” she said.
“These policy changes are not happening in a silo,” Moreno said. “It’s critical for South Florida elected officials to speak out against these policies.”
All told, 5% of the total South Florida workforce consists of asylum applicants.
“They are the people building our homes, staffing our hospitals, and keeping our restaurants and hotels running,” Connor said.
The study he conducted drew on the 2024 American Community Survey — a large-scale, annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It relied on “immigration status assignments for asylum applicants, economic variables in the ACS such as labor force participation, industry of employment, state and metro area of residence.” Connor said populations in the 2024 ACS were “reweighted to reflect the total number of asylum applicants as of the end of fiscal year 2025.” Allowing for several months to obtain a work permit, the estimates reflect an asylum applicant population with access to work permits as of early 2026.
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