Reasonable Suspicion

Looking Ahead to Arizona’s Day in Supreme Court

by Lindsey George Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the Arizona v. United States case, which presents the question of whether Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070 statute is preempted by federal immigration law and thereby … Continued

Cross-Post: DREAM Activist Describes Fear After Alabama’s HB 56: ‘I’m Not The Only One’

by Julianne Hing for Colorlines.com Families are fleeing Alabama, teachers are comforting the panicked children who are still in school, and crops are rotting in the state’s fields. Welcome to life in Alabama in the age of HB 56. Just three … Continued

Cross-Post: Alabama HB 56: Which Way Will The Ruling Lean?

Published on Americas Quarterly on August 26, 2011 by Daniel Altschuler On Wednesday, at the Hugo Black courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, federal judge Sharon Blackburn and approximately 200 others in attendance heard a full day’s worth of arguments to determine … Continued

Politics

Arizona in Nebraska? Not Yet

By Kristin Anderson Ostrom On March 2, 2011, Nebraska’s debate on “illegal” immigration took a turn as the state’s Judiciary Committee questioned the sponsor of an Arizona-like bill (LB 48), Charlie Janssen of Fremont, Nebraska. Like Fremont’s law passed this … Continued

Politics

Feds Handcuff Racist Arizona Law

Some lawmakers in Arizona like to think of their state as the wild, wild west – a lawless place where it’s every man for himself. Arizona certainly has some unique qualities, but this romanticized idea that modern life in Arizona … Continued

Immigration

Can Theater Save Arizona?

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

Immigration

Video: The John Tanton Network

Imagine2050 has received a lot of questions about FAIR and The Tanton Network the last couple of days so we’ve made a video that will give you all the facts on The Tanton Network and its anti-immigrant and white nationalist … Continued