Over the past couple of weeks, this space has written extensively on the battle in the Florida Legislature to craft an anti-illegal immigrant bill that would satisfy those in the GOP and citizens in Florida who thought such a bill was critical.
But despite Governor Rick Scott's insistence for such a bill, the Florida House refused to take up a watered down immigration bill late last week, resulting in no action being taken, despite the considerable attention given to it beginning last summer, when Florida lawmakers said they hoped to craft a bill that would be the envy of Arizona citizens, who saw their state pass the extremely controversial bill that seemed to set off a national debate ever since.
This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.