Narrowing the gateway to the Americas: South Florida's open door to Latin America has been key to the region's development. New immigration policies and proposals threaten to close it.(Chief Executive Opinion)

South Florida CEO | July 1, 2004| | Copyright

With the acuity of a hawk, South Florida visionaries have for decades looked at the Americas and seen all the way to the Southern Cone of Latin America. They have envisioned a single America with Miami as its gateway: a city providing a base of stability, safety, entrepreneurship, and innovation for an entire region.

But suddenly, in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the hawk's far-sighted vision for Miami was replaced by the myopia of a charging bull. Instead of the clear, broad vistas admired by the hawk, the bull sees only what is in front of it and is indifferent to ...

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