CBS reports Palin's latest headline-grabber in, "Palin: Obama Doesn't Have the 'Cojones' for Immigration Reform". That pretty much sums up the level of the discourse here. See, it comes down to whose "balls" are bigger – Palin's, Brewer's, or Obama's. There's certainly more than enough testosterone in this debate...
Continue
»
My name is Tania Unzueta and I'm undocumented.
I have lived in Chicago since I was 10 years old. I came with my mother to join my father, who had found a stable job and a promise to legalize his status. Eventually our tourist visas ran out, and my family...
Continue
»
National Guard troops were officially sent to the U.S.-Mexico border yesterday -- except in Arizona, where not enough troops have been recruited and trained yet. As the Spanish-language press reports, this is just one of the obstacles the state faces in the continued battle over SB 1070, with racial...
Continue
»
Protests in Arizona and through-out America continued today after Arizonan's governor, Jan Brewer asked an appeals court to reconsider the most heinous parts of the state's new immigration law and as the lightning-rod Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, prepared a highly publicized "crime sweep."
Continue
»
The Spanish-language press continues to analyze Judge Susan Bolton's partial injunction against SB 1070 and Arizona's quick appeal of the decision, considering the political effects and wondering how this will impact the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform --which continued demonstrations in Phoenix and other cities throughout the country...
Continue
»
The partial injunction issued yesterday by Judge Susan Bolton, blocking some of the most controversial sections of Arizona law SB 1070 from going into effect, generated a range of reactions among Hispanics in Arizona and elsewhere, as covered in various Spanish-language outlets.
Continue
»
Check out this cartoon, from AZ Daily Star, depicting Arizona's immigration law getting stopped at the border.
Continue
»
Judge Susan Bolton of the U.S. District Court for Arizona has just issued a injunction preventing key sections of Arizona law SB 1070 from going into effect tomorrow -- including the sections criminalizing all undocumented immigrants under state law and requiring police to ask anyone for papers during traffic...
Continue
»
With SB 1070 scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, unless Judge Susan Bolton issues a decision today striking down the law, the Spanish-language press examines how Arizona is preparing for the next few days.
Continue
»
Jul 27, 2010
With action on comprehensive immigration reform stalled due to partisan politics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has started talking about what can pass now, and he's looking at the DREAM Act. The bipartisan legislation, which would give legal residency to undocumented youth under the condition they go to college...
Continue
»
