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Immigration Fumble at the Court

As hundreds of Latinos crowded in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday and chanted opposition to Arizona’s immigration law, it got a partial constitutional airing in what appeared to be a humiliating slap-down of the U.S. solicitor general. Arizona’s SB 1070 case, along with another on the Affordable Care Act heard by the [...]

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Miramonte Parents Scared L.A. Sheriff Will Deport Them — Turning Sex-Scandal Probe Into Immigration Debate

As if they don’t have enough to worry about. ​No matter the hot L.A. news item, it always seems to turn into an immigration debate. And that should come as no surprise: Rough estimates have placed close to 1 million illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County. And whenever law enforcement or press come sniffing, the [...]

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Joe Arpaio Faces New Setback Over Immigration

By JACQUES BILLEAUD, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” has been dealt another setback to his immigration enforcement efforts by a federal judge’s ruling that bars deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they’re in the country illegally. The ruling issued Friday sets the stage for a possible trial in [...]

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Antonio Montejano, U.S. Citizen and L.A. Dad, Detained for Days on ‘Immigration Hold’

Jailed for being brown? ​It’s one thing to deport undocumented immigrants for non-crimes like selling ice cream or driving with a headlight out, even though they’ve lived here since they were kids. Awful, and inhumane, but technically allowed, under the Obama Administration’s harsh federal immigration policies. (Namely, a creepy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program [...]

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Jeff Biggers: Arizona Topples Senate President Russell Pearce, SB 1070 Immigration Law Architect, in Historic Recall Vote

In a stunning blow to the Tea Party movement, a huge turnout in Mesa’s conservative LD 18 overwhelmingly voted out Arizona’s hardline State Senate President Russell Pearce in a historic recall election today. Read More… More on Russell Pearce Read more here…. All Sports Events & News

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Terry Jones Weighs In On Herman Cain, Undocumented Immigration, Quran Burning

Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who gained international notoriety last summer for his plan to burn a Quran and announced recently he was running for president, said he wasn’t as “intelligent” as Herman Cain and discussed a plan to “deport all illegals” if his presidential bid succeeds, in an interview with The Daily Caller. “I am [...]

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John & Ken, Radio-Talk Conservatives, See Another Major Advertiser (GM) Pull Out Over Immigration Stance

KFI John and Ken. ​A recent apology by conservative radio talk-show hosts John & Ken (KFI AM 640) expressed some “regret” for broadcasting the phone number of an immigrants’ rights advocate who subsequently fielded hate-filled calls. But that wasn’t enough to keep major advertisers from leaving the show following a campaign by the National Hispanic [...]

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Republican Party’s New Latino Outreach Website Is Fugly, Doesn’t Even Mention Immigration

rnclatinos.com ​Not to be outdone by Obama and the brown-nosing Democrats, the Republican National Committee has launched a full-scale Latino outreach effort for the 2012 presidential race. At their convention this year in L.A., for the first time ever, Republicans hired a (gasp!) Spanish translator. And Univision reports that “the first state-level operatives it plans [...]

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Alabama Immigration Law Partly Passed By Federal Judge

Category: News Author : Chris Greenhough Posted: September 29, 2011Tags : alabama, immigration, immigration law Key provisions of Alabama’s new immigration law, widely considered to be the toughest in the United States, have been passed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn has ruled that under the law, state police can now make [...]

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Italian films tackle immigration at Venice fest

By Silvia Aloisi VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Immigration in Italy is a big theme at the Venice film festival this year, with several home-grown movies taking a critical look at how the country’s authorities and its people are struggling to deal with a growing wave of newcomers. The issue could hardly be more topical in [...]

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What say you Arizona creates website highlighting environmental impact of illegal immigration?

The state of Arizona has just created a website to draw attention to the enormous amount of garbage that is discarded along the Arizona-Mexico border by those crossing into this country illegally. The website, azbordertrash.gov, is also asking for volunteers to assist in cleanup efforts along the border. The website states: “An estimated more than [...]

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All-Star Game Boycott Over Arizona’s Immigration Law? Maybe Not …

MLB Hey now, you happen to be All-Star. ​Latinos are genuinely wonderful at boycotts. As extended as they will not include beer (we’re searching at you, Coors), strip clubs or sports activities. (But grapes — totally). For that reason we will not have high hopes for the great All-Star game boycott of 2011. The yearly [...]

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