Yesterday we wrote a blog post about Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)'s latest anti-immigration bill, the Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation, or HALT, Act. The bill would strip President Obama of the power to set priorities on immigration enforcement, meaning he would be limited in his ability to grant...
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In the latest news regarding undocumented immigrant students, the California Senate has moved forward with a state version of the DREAM Act. Yesterday, state senators approved AB-130, by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles).
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As it turns out, undocumented workers aren't really big fans of being targeted while they're doing their job, and farmers aren't so keen on having their workers picked on either. As a result of anti-immigrant legislators passing legislation that scares off undocumented workers, farmers are suffering, and a multi-billion...
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The picture painted of America's southwestern border with Mexico is a bloody one, in which the drug violence decimating northern Mexico has spilled onto U.S. soil and turned the region into a war zone. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has warned of human skulls rolling through her state's deserts. Rep....
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California— breadbasket to the world, the eighth largest economy, home to Hollywood and the Silicon Valley, may soon face an economic free fall and agricultural collapse because of legislation sponsored by California Republicans in Congress.
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House Democrats on Thursday denounced an immigration bill authored by Rep. Lamar Smith as "petty partisan politics" and accused the San Antonio Republican of being a hypocrite for introducing the measure to spur deportations.
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I recently argued that an increased deficit among the white working class could sink Obama's re-election chances. That's particularly the case if Obama is already weakened by relatively poor support from his base. Right now, that looks like a distinct possibility.
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When it comes to the so-called E-Verify program, the "E" must stand for "Error." E-Verify is a voluntary federal program that allows employers to verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. It relies on error-prone databases and fails to flag unauthorized workers 54 percent of the time.
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Following a major USA Today story analyzing crime in U.S. cities along the border with Mexico, Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), and John McCain (R-AZ) would do well to heed the famous advice of Daniel Patrick Moynihan – "Everyone is entitled to...
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A conservative Republican from west Mesa who has held prominent leadership positions in the LDS church has agreed to run against Republican Senate President Russell Pearce, according to sources with knowledge of the campaign.
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