Latino advocates on Monday condemned a deal that allowed two former state workers accused of compiling and distributing a list of allegedly undocumented immigrants to be charged, enter pleas, and sentenced on Monday.
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As if Arizona, with its SB 1070 law that cost $750 million and turned the state into a pariah wasn't enough. As if Georgia, with a new immigration law that criminalized all individuals who harbored or transported undocumented immigrants wasn't enough. As if Indiana's not one, but...
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Those vicious anti-immigrant types sure stick together. Tom Tancredo is now raising money to defend Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce fight his recall election.
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It might be his key role in the passage of a law that cost Arizona at least $750 million, or the ongoing news of the Fiesta Bowl football game scandal, or the questionable ties to prison lobbyists—but something is souring Arizonans on state Senate President Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), who...
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May 31, 2011
State Sen. Russell Pearce was riding high last year, notching wins that include enactment of a second Arizona law to crack down on illegal immigration and then his selection by fellow Republican senators as the chamber's new president.
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More bad news today for Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio: following news that he misspent $100 million in taxpayer funds and failed to investigate 400 sex crimes cases, "America's Toughest Sheriff" found himself sporting another black eye yesterday after the arrest of three employees involved in a drug- and human-trafficking...
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ABC 12 News in Arizona today reports that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) failed to adequately investigate more than 400 sex-crime cases over a two-year period, many of which involved children from 2 to 16 years old.
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Someone needs to get Roy Beck a dictionary. Apparently this man has no idea how to define "hate speech." Last week, Georgia signed into law anti-immigrant Arizona copy-cat legislation. Musician Carlos Santana reacted and expressed his disbelief and disappointment.
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In what just might be a textbook case of psychological projection, leading anti-immigrant ringleader Roy Beck threw around accusations of "hate speech" this week, despite the reasonable nature of the comments Beck found objectionable and his continued association with those engaging in true hate speech against Latinos and other...
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It's a been a rough year for America's most dumbfounded sheriff, what with rouge operations, misspent funds and $177 million in lawsuits - with you-know-who on the hook to pick up the tab.
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