Georgia

Cross-Post: The Coming Battle Down South: Latino Voters vs. Anti-Immigrant Lawmakers

Originally posted on Colorlines on March 7, 2012. Georgia found a way to top its own anti-immigrant lawmaking record this week when the state Senate voted on Monday to ban undocumented immigrant students from all public colleges in the state. If … Continued

DA King & Sheriff Neil Warren: the Devils Drowning Georgia in Anti-Immigrant Fervor

by Catharine Debelle Meet D.A. King, a fervent anti-immigrant activist and the founder of the Dustin Inman Society (DIS) in Georgia, who has long been a staunch supporter of pieces of controversial anti-immigrant legislation such as 287g and Secure Communities.  … Continued

Dispatches from Georgia: Teaming Up with Labor

A delegation of students and activists were in Atlanta for a week to document efforts to resist anti-immigrant law H.B. 87. The delegation members will be sharing first-hand accounts of their experiences with dispatches. Visit Imagine 2050 regularly for more … Continued

Georgia Anti-Immigrant Activist Tied to White Nationalism

Donald Arthur “D.A.” King is the founder and leader of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. Dustin Inman was a 16-year-old boy who was killed when an alleged undocumented immigrant crashed into the back of the Inman family car in 2000).

Politics

Your State Can’t Afford It The Fiscal Impact of States’ Anti-Immigrant Legislation

Originally published in in AmericanProgress.org for The Center for American Progress. By Philip E. Wolgin, Angela Maria Kelley | July 5, 2011 Download this brief (pdf). Read the full brief in your web browser. It has been just over a … Continued

Politics

Resistance Among Rotting Crops in Georgia

PART 1: By Lupita Aguila Arteaga, Washington, DC Photo Credits: Rúben Castilla Herrera As thousands of people traveled to vacation hot spots for the Fourth of July weekend, a group of five from Washington, DC, ventured on a twelve hour … Continued

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Cross-Post: States that Passed Arizona-style Immigration Laws Now Face Costly, Uphill Legal Battles

Originally published on Immigration Impact by Seth Hoy. Despite repeated warnings from business groups, tourism and industry boards and advocates about the hefty price tag attached to Arizona-style legislation, state lawmakers continued to push “get tough” copycat proposals. Many ultimately … Continued