refugees

Bill targeting refugees fails

By Lindsay Tahan | gargoyle@flagler.edu A controversial state bill aimed at establishing additional screening for Syrian refugees has failed to advance in the Florida Legislature. Before the bill’s demise, Florida Rep. Lake Ray, R-Jacksonville, had complained that some media outlets had been putting out “misinformation” about…


Rising tension over terrorism, refugees

By Murphy Stidham and Kathleen Bajalia | gargoyle@flagler.edu President Obama today plans to deliver a prime-time address on how his administration will defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIL. “He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United…