Brazilians in South Florida speak softly in immigration debate

Posted on: May 14th, 2007
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“He keeps his head down, looks out for traffic cops and sticks to the careful routines of living illegally in the United States.

Although he is eager for legalization, Luciano, like many South Florida Brazilians, prefers to stay on the margins of the immigration debate that he has a clear stake in. Not fond of brazen street activism, he avoided the rallies this year and in 2006 that mobilized undocumented Hispanic immigrants around the country. Instead, he watched the marchers on television from his Boca Raton home, where he lives with his wife, also undocumented, and their U.S.-born son.”

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