Today Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (who's getting heat in the blogosphere today for wrongly claiming her father was killed fighting Nazi Germany) has secured herself a White House meeting with the President, scheduled for this afternoon. A range of local and national organizations that support federal reform plan to...
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To welcome you back from the long weekend, immigration blips from across the blogosphere.
First, Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman may be facing a new ad campaign en Español as a result of her own English-language TV advertising on immigration:
The California Nurses Association is launching...
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Good news. All three wasteful border amendments voted on in the Senate today were defeated.
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Monday evening was intense for those following the young immigrant leaders who have become known as the "#DreamAct5," as they updated twitter followers live from their sit-in in Senator John McCain's office. The peaceful but powerful action in Tuscon, Arizona, took place on the 65th anniversary of the landmark...
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Lakers star Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, took a jab at Coach Phil Jackson, who has refused to denounce Arizona's paper's-please law, even after "Los Suns" made a strong statement earlier this month. Vanessa, pictured to the right here, is sporting a "Do I look illegal?" tee. Arizona's Governor, Jan...
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I am still a bit in shock from this terrible news. Right now, a memorial service is starting for two brave DREAM Act warriors: Tam and Cynthia. Tam Tran, the beloved DREAM activist who we told you about last year (see email below) passed away in a car crash...
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Violent crime has been steadily decreasing in Arizona, but you wouldn't know it by listening to AZ's Governor, Jan Brewer—or GOP superstar, Sarah Palin, speechify about the need for the state's new papers-please immigration law. Indeed, top Arizona officials, including Governor Jan Brewer, convened an emergency "huddle" late last...
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But Selig is dodging the issue – the question is not about how many Hispanic ball players there are in Major League Baseball (a whole lot), but how much Major League Baseball will do to protect and defend the rights of those minorities who are the backbone one of...
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Not only is Arizona's absurd new profiling law, SB 1070, getting ready to cost the state about $90 million dollars in lost tourism and convention revenue in the next five years, it might just cost Arizona the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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Letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner, Bud Selig
May 11, 2010
Dear Commissioner Selig:
As you know, the Governor of Arizona recently signed... Continue »
