Originally published on Thinkprogress.org – by Andrea Nill Sanchez on Jun 21, 2011. Yesterday, a federal judge heard arguments in the legal challenge brought against Georgia’s new immigration law by advocacy and civil rights groups. The plaintiffs in the case … Continued
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
Last week, Aaron Michael Heineman, a Utah Valley University student, was arrested by FBI agents for threatening e-mails he sent to several professors. One e-mail contained an offensive poem aimed at professors who openly expressed pro-immigrant views. The poem used … Continued
Last week, over two dozen protesters were arrested for standing against immigration deportations outside a Detention Center in Broadview, Illinois. The first arrests occurred Friday morning outside the detention center. As protesters gathered, a bus pulled out full of undocumented … Continued
For years, anti-immigrant groups have had a field day in Arizona; using the state to test out the viability of racist legislation like SB 1070. Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and its legal arm Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) … Continued
Originally published in the Phoenix New Times by Terry Greene Sterling Thursday, Dec 2 2010: Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Prop 200′s dismissal. In late October, days before the election, state Senator Russell Pearce … Continued
My friends and I are going to play in the street. I mean, have a play near the street about Arizona. Theater probably won’t save Arizona, but we want to use the spectacle of drama as a response to its … Continued
“Any law that uplifts the human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King wrote in a letter from a Birmingham jail. In his Huffington Post article, Clarence B. Jones did not just … Continued
To counteract the growing momentum for realistic immigration reform anti-immigrant bigots seek to inject false data into the conversation. A new report entitled “The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Coloradans” was released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). … Continued
By Carlos Rich Growing up as one of a few Latino immigrants in my Midwestern town was less challenging than one might think. Unlike a community of Latinos living in a historically all-white town, I was so outnumbered I don’t … Continued