Sep 14, 2010
Yesterday we pointed out that each year about 65,000 students graduate from high school with zero prospects for the future. They live in constant fear of being deported. The DREAM Act would change that. Seventy percent of Americans agree that it makes no moral or economic sense to...
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Sep 13, 2010
I am a member of the first graduating class of Felix Varela Senior High which is located in Miami, Florida. I had attended school with my native-born friends. Like them, I participated in activities, field trips, dances, and felt the pain of losing a classmate.
It was around 10th grade...
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According to Chief Judge Theodor McKee: "It is … not our job to sit in judgment of whether state and local frustration about federal immigration policy is warranted. We are, however, required to intervene when states and localities directly undermine the federal objectives embodied in statutes enacted by Congress."
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Welcome back from the Labor Day weekend! Here's what you may have missed while tending to the grill: Straight from the Wild Wild Southwest, Arizona's Gov. finally fesses up to her "headless bodies" fib. See Jan Brewer Admits She Was Wrong About Beheadings (via Think Progress): "Months after...
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Sep 3, 2010
Straight from the "Wild Wild Southwest," you won't want to miss this satirical look at the "Worst of Jan Brewer." After getting her head handed to her in a debate this week, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) has become prime fodder for late night comedians and political satirists.
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It's unfortunate that the Justice Department has to take this step and force Arpaio to comply with a federal civil rights investigation, but we commend the Department for doing so. If Sheriff Arpaio truly has nothing to hide, he should have no problem turning over the documents in...
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A new study by the San Francisco Fed, highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Reuters, provides state-level proof that immigrants, well, make us richer. According to the author of the report: otal immigration to the United States from 1990 to 2007 was associated with a 6.6% to...
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According to the Washington Post: Justice Department officials in Washington have issued a rare threat to sue Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio if he does not cooperate with their investigation of whether he discriminates against Hispanics. The civil rights inquiry is one of two that target the man who...
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Secure Communities won't make the country more secure, not the way it is working. Police departments that don't want to participate should be able to opt out. The Obama administration needs to fix it or jettison it.
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Aug 16, 2010
Dear President Obama: My name is Yves Gomes. I am 17 years old and I just graduated from Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, MD this June.
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