Haiti-based reporter Jacob Kushner talked today with Phil Latzman of WLRN Miami Herald News about his stories for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.

Howard Goodman: A liberal group is urging Florida lawmakers to sever ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council, the organization that helped spread Stand Your Ground and voting-restriction laws to dozens of states.

Jacob Kushner: Hundreds of Haitian immigrants currently in ICE custody do not have criminal histories or have committed non-violent crimes.

Howard Goodman: The movement-conservative darling — and possibly the first Latino to gain a spot on a party’s national presidential ticket — is the subject of a Time magazine cover story.

Ralph De La Cruz: After a miserable half-decade, 2012 offers signs that things may finally be turning around for Floridians.

Ralph De La Cruz: The sudden emergence of conservative Republican and staunch illegal immigration opponent Rick Santorum could make things interesting in an immigrant-rich state that relies on cheap agricultural labor.

Ralph De La Cruz: Last legislative session, Florida farmers fought off harsher immigration enforcement measures that could have adversely affected their labor pool. Now they’re concerned about the effects of such measures from outside Florida’s borders.

Jacob Kushner: Following FCIR’s investigation of deportations to Haiti, the Obama administration announced plans to review pending deportation cases of low-level criminal offenders.

Jacob Kushner: The Obama administration continues to deport Haitians despite knowing many will be illegally jailed and risk cholera exposure upon arrival.

Jacob Kushner: Estados Unidos ha deportado a más de 250 haitianos desde enero, a sabiendas de que se encarcelarán a uno de cada dos sin cargos en instalaciones tan poco higiénicas que representan un riesgo de salud mortal.