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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Repairing Immigration
Yesterday’s release of the framework for an immigration bill—Real Enforcement and Practical Answers for Immigration Reform (REPAIR) has been praised as a positive step forward in the immigration debate by the President and dismissed as a cynical play for votes by Senators Graham and Kyl. They .... |
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Arizona’s Punishing New Immigration Law Doesn’t Fight Crime
Supporters of Arizona’s harsh new immigration law claim that it is, among other things, a potent tool in the crime-fighting arsenal. For instance, the bill’s author, Republican State Senator Russell Pearce of Mesa, confidently predicts that the law—which requires police to investigate the im.... |
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Thousands of SEIU members will rally in cities across the country May 1 to call for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Washington, DC – On Saturday, May 1, thousands of SEIU members will join faith, business and civil rights leaders across the country to rally against Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law and call for comprehensive reform. The message they will deliver is simple: our system is broken; the nee.... |
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New Arizona Enforcement Law Sparks Calls for Economic Boycott
Arizona’s new controversial enforcement law, signed into law last week by Gov. Jan Brewer, has the potential to shake down more than just undocumented immigrants and suntanned citizens. Arizona’s businesses and tourism industry are also likely to take a hit as more and more people call for an .... |
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Human rights should drive immigration reform
Reforming our obsolete immigration system is a human rights issue that can no longer wait. Our nation needs a clear and workable path toward legal residency for the millions of undocumented workers and families living in this country.
Some proposals, such as the immigration-reform blueprint that.... |
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NEXT UP: IMMIGRATION REFORM
Washington, DC—Yesterday, Senators Charles Schumer (D–NY) and Lindsey Graham (R–SC) unveiled a bipartisan framework for immigration reform legislation in The Washington Post. It was followed by a statement from the White House with the president’s commitment to “forge a bipartisan consen.... |
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Senators issue promising, but vague immigration reform plans
Washington D.C. - Today, in the Washington Post, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC) laid out their blueprint for immigration reform legislation, noting that the American people want Congress to reform the badly broken immigration system. Their framework, welcomed by the Pres.... |
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Immigrant Students Call Georgia Sheriff’s Bluff
On March 3rd, four immigrant students who are walking 1,500 miles from Miami, FL to Washington, D.C. heroically faced Gwinnett County Sheriff R.L. “Butch” Conway, a vocal proponent of “287(G)” and other enforcement policies that have resulted in the deportation of hundreds of immigrants, t.... |
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Statement by the President on Today’s Meetings on Immigration Reform
Today I met with Senators Schumer and Graham and was pleased to learn of their progress in forging a proposal to fix our broken immigration system. I look forward to reviewing their promising framework, and every American should applaud their efforts to reach across party lines and find commonsen.... |
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