Actions of the sheriffs office are unprecedented
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit recently against the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office (MCSO), Maricopa County, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for refusing full cooperation with the departments investigation of alleged national origin discrimination in violation of Title VI of the Civ.... |
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Cities can opt out of Secure Communities
When San Francisco Sheriff Mike Hennessy wanted to opt out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Secure Communities program earlier this year, he was told he didn’t really have that option. “I wrote to the state attorney general, I wrote to ICE officials, and I was told there was.... |
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Mirth and No Matter: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Showcases Empty Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric in Gubernatorial Debate
In a memorable performance this week, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer refused to defend previously made anti-immigrant statements regarding undocumented immigrants and beheadings during a gubernatorial debate with Attorney General and Democratic candidate, Terry Goddard. While Governor Brewer’s openin.... |
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Pundits should listen to voters on immigration
News coverage of the recent ruling on the Arizona anti-immigrant law is re-igniting the debate over comprehensive immigration reform and the need for a federal solution. But as Washington pundits analyze the political implications of the judge’s decision, they are turning to outdated thinking ins.... |
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Birthright citizenship a new low for GOP
The latest flap over “birthright citizenship” has exposed a new low for Republican politicians hell-bent on politicizing the immigration debate and obstructing action on comprehensive immigration reform. Apparently, GOP politicians would rather change the Constitution than just do their job and f.... |
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UFW joins LA union leaders traveling to Arizona
UFW joins LA union leaders traveled to Arizona to keep up the pressure against the SB 1070 anti-immigrant law. On July 28, a federal judge blocked major portions of the law, which went into effect on July 29.
Leaving all identification documents “papers” behind, members of the United Farm Workers.... |
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Behind Mexico’s July 4th Election Crisis
While the United States prepares its annual July 4 celebration, Mexico
will hold its own date with history on the same day.
In a dozen states, voters will go to the polls to elect local and state
officials. Coming one year after mid-term Congressional elections that
delivered a stinging defeat.... |
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Clueless in Arizona
As news reports indicate the Obama Administration plans to mount a legal challenge to Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, recent comments by the bill’s signer, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ), underscore the need for the federal government to intervene in just such a manner.
Repeating comments she made earlier.... |
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IWJ condemns targeting of immigrant workers in BP disaster
Interfaith Worker Justice, the nation’s largest religious advocacy network for the rights of low-wage workers, expressed utter incomprehension over the checkpoints and harassment to which workers cleaning up BP’s Gulf Coast oil disaster are being subjected.
“As we scramble to contain the b.... |
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Another week, another death
First there was Anastasio, now there is Sergio Adrián -- both with the last name Hernández, both Mexican. One was 42 years old, the other barely 15. Both of them died in encounters with U.S. Border Patrol agents. One died in a San Diego hospital, days after he was beaten and Tased at the hands o.... |
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ACLU, Civil rights groups file legal challenge
The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on May 17 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona challenging Arizona's new law requiring police to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be .... |
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Arizona is Not the First State to Take Immigration Matters into their Own Hands
Washington D.C. - Arizona's controversial new immigration law (SB 1070) is the latest in a long line of efforts to regulate immigration at the state level. Yet while the Grand Canyon State's foray into immigration law is one of the most extreme and punitive, other states have also attempted to enf.... |
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Arizona law spurs conservatives to push for immigration reform
Conservative leaders called on Pres. Barack Obama to make the first move on immigration reform and for Republicans to reclaim the issue from the fringe.
“The only way we can make this happen is with presidential leadership, and President Obama has failed to act,†said Alfonso Aguilar, former .... |
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Immigration reform could mean national ID card for all workers
A national identification card of any sort has long been thought politically unfeasible in Washington, D.C.
But the idea is again receiving attention as part of an immigration reform plan gaining ground on Capitol Hill.
In 1981, a Reagan-era Cabinet meeting famously took up the idea of a national .... |
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Immigration Reaches the Boiling Point, How will Washington Respond?
Washington D.C. - As the constitutional and civil rights consequences of Arizona's punitive new immigration law become ever more apparent, proponents and opponents of the law seem to share only one area of agreement: America's immigration laws are broken and must be repaired. The proposed solution.... |
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