A bus caravan traveling throughout Florida stopped in North Tampa this afternoon to drop off petitions at Sen. Marco Rubio's local district office urging him to press for comprehensive immigration reform.
Lakeland's Jesus Guevara — who is in danger of being deported — and Plant City's Amalia Carranza — whose husband has already been — were also able to discuss their cases with a representative of Sen. Rubio's office.
Approximately two dozen people who are part of the Florida Caravan for Immigration Reform held a news conference to talk about immigration reform, which seems to be one issue that a dysfunctional Congress might be capable of accomplishing this year — predominantly because Congressional Republicans led by Rubio have made it a priority following last year's disappointing election when they were walloped by the Latino vote.
This article appears in Mar 7-13, 2013.