January 2012
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Romney would veto DREAM Act
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While the DREAM Act has been stalled during President Obama’s term, don’t expect it to pass if Mitt Romney is elected president. (Dave Delay, Flickr)
By JORDAN FABIAN Channel: Politics
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney would veto the federal DREAM Act if it passed while he is in the Oval Office, he said Saturday.
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December 2011
34 posts
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New California law provides relief for...
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Hotlines such as Reten Beware in the San Fernando Valley use social media networks and mobile devices to alert immigrants of checkpoints. (Photo: Reten Beware)
By SHARIS DELGADILLO Channels: Immigration, Media
Millions of undocumented immigrants in California will breathe a sigh of relief when a new state law takes effect Jan. 1. The law requires that officers at sobriety...
New MN Anti-Immigrant Law Targets The Sick →
ab0mb:
A provision stuck onto a Republican authored bill during Minnesota’s one day budget special session this past July may mean death for seriously ill undocumented workers. The law which goes into effect on January 1, 2012 prevents undocumented immigrants from receiving medical care under Minnesota’s Emergency Medical Assistance program.
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“If I am a wetback because I crossed a river to get here, what are you, who...”
– Anonymous immigrant
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“A report by the government found Latinos are four to nine times more likely to...”
– Joe Arpaio: Scariest Sheriff in America (via ohmija)
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Five Arizona Latinos sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio's...
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio has come under much scrutiny for alleged civil rights violations and repeated racial profiling practices committed by his office. (Facebook)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
A federal judge on Thursday heard arguments in a lawsuit that alleges racial profiling in immigration patrols conducted by the embattled office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe...
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Best and Worst of 2011: Immigration
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By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
It was a big year for immigration despite the absence of federal reform. With states taking it into their own hands to address illegal immigration, the Obama administation making significant changes to the way immigration cases are handled, and a presidential election fast approaching, plenty of good and bad came out of 2011. Here’s our...
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“Through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops we have testified...”
– The Hispanic/Latino Bishops of the United States (via bishopfeed)
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humanrightswatch:
Alabama’s new immigrant act denies unauthorized immigrants and their families, including US citizen children, their basic rights, threatening their access to everyday necessities and equal protection of the law.
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CNN: Human Rights Watch criticizes Alabama immigration law
Mitt Romney Parroting KKK's Anti-Immigrant Slogan...
hispanictips:
Quicklink: www.hispanictips.com/?p=163444 Permalink: http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/12/14/mitt-romney-parroting-kkks-anti-immigrant-slogan-reflects-his-extremist-platform-of-mass-deportation/ Filed Under: , Election 2012, Immigration, needs curation, Politics Tagged: Curation from: www.HispanicTips.com
Feds: Sheriff Joe Arpaio ‘Promoted A Culture Of... →
This just in: the feds have just come to a conclusion that the rest of us came to years ago.
(If you click though, you can read the official Department of Justice report on the Maricopa Country Sheriff’s Office)
Private Prison Companies Fund Anti–Immigrant... →
mehreenkasana:
Over the past four years roughly a million immigrants have been incarcerated in dangerous detention facilities in our taxpayer-financed private prison system. Children were abused, women were raped, and men died from lack of basic medical attention. Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer received substantial campaign financing from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group...
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The Department of Homeland Security announced that...
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Hello dear followers, I am saaraeliisavaris. Or Saara. Or Sarah. Or Eliisa. Or whatever. I’m not picky.
I got involved with ya’ll because I’ve been following for quite some time, and most of what I blog about on my main blog is related to immigration, US-Mexico Border Policy, human rights.. etc.
I’m also working on a book project from a recent trip doing anthropological...
I don't know if any of you are interested in who...
Welcome to our newest admin saaraeliisavaris!
And there’s also me (thefuror)… but I try to defer the heavy stuff to those of you who’ve experienced it firsthand. I can talk about legal stuff, statistics, and hard facts forever, but I don’t have the personal insight. (Hence awesome admins that aren’t me!) I started this blog back in the day with a bunch of admins who...
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Justice Department: Arpaio violated Latinos' civil...
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By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration, Politics
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Arizona’s infamous immigration hardliner sheriff, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of a litany civil rights violations against Latinos under his jurisdiction.
The department issued a 22-page report, which is the result of a three year investigation of Arpaio’s...
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The New York Times may bar its writers from using...
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The world’s most influential newspaper may be adding the term “illegals” to its list of words not to use. (Flickr: orangeblob)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration, Media
Motivated by reader responses to a column by former executive editor Bill Keller, it seems The New York Times may soon be updating its style book to caution writers against using the term “illegals” to...
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Pomona College Workers Fired, Protesters Arrested
Claremont Police arrested 17 protesters Friday morning after Pomona College dining hall workers, students, professors, and members of the Claremont community conducted a demonstration and sit-in to protest the college’s decision to terminate 17 workers who were unable to provide updated verification of their legal citizenship.
The firings signal the end of a verification process that began on...
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U.S. Supreme Court will rule on Arizona...
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The case pits Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) against President Obama’s Justice Department. (Wikipedia)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to rule on Arizona’s controversial immigration law, a decision that could change the landscape for multiple court challenges against state immigration laws around the country.
The justices will review a...
Minorities less likely to receive presidential...
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A ProPublica investigation revealed presidential pardons favor whites. (Getty images)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
Minorities who committed crimes were four times less likely than their white counterparts to receive presidential pardons from the Bush administration, a ProPublica investigation revealed this week.
An analysis of data obtained through a Freedom of...
I really, really don't have the time or energy to...
and the other moderators here presumably also have too much going on and don’t post anyone.
Is there anyone out there who would like to help run it?
California May Consider Amnesty Program -... →
(NEWSER) – The debate over offering amnesty to illegal immigrants might soon be a ballot issue in California. Democratic lawmaker Felipe Fuentes formally introduced a measure yesterday that would allow about 1 million undocumented immigrants in California to live and work there without worrying about getting deported, reports McClatchy Newspapers. Fuentes filed the California Opportunity and...
