Recently a little-known but symptomatic incident occurred in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a place symbolic of America's deep South and once an important center of the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist ideas.
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Alabama's stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance to damage control. Gov. Robert Bentley admitted this month that the law needed fixing and promised that he and legislative leaders would do that in next year's session.
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Newt Gingrich insisted Sunday that some illegal immigrants who have become full community members should be able to stay in the country, but he added that his policy would require 7 million or more to go back to their home nations before having a chance to return.
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Republican Rep. Steve King is defending Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio against Justice Department charges of committing civil rights violations against Latinos in Maricopa County.
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Dec 17, 2011
Originalmente publicada en La Opinión Los resultados de la investigación federal sobre el Sheriff del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona, fueron fulminantes como para que se termine toda colaboración en los programas federales de inmigración y suficiente como para que el Sheriff Joe Arpaio deje su cargo. La lista de irregularidades...
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In a strongly worded critique of the country's best-known sheriff, the Justice Department on Thursday accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio of engaging in "unconstitutional policing" by unfairly targeting Latinos for detention and arrest and retaliating against those who complain.
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The Justice Department on Thursday accused a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement of widespread discrimination against Hispanics, saying Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department illegally detained Hispanic residents and denied them critical services in jail.
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Immigrant rights advocates and civil rights leaders are gathering in Montgomery for a two-day event to call for repeal of Alabama's immigration law. The event includes a march Saturday from the Capitol to the Governor's Mansion.
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This week's Supreme Court decision to weigh in on the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law, SB1070, will have an enormous effect on the course of the national immigration debate and, potentially, on the direction of the nation as a whole.
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Immigration is getting a disproportionate amount of attention in the race for the 2012 presidential nomination and the rhetoric used by candidates is likely to chase voters away, according to organizations supporting what they call "commonsense" immigration reform.
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