Yesterday, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) took to the stage at the Center for American Progress to launch a new website featuring the lives and stories of DREAMers. (We live-tweeted the event here.) Durbin has long been one of the foremost advocates of immigration reform and the DREAM...
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In court yesterday, the self-proclaimed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” ran from his record of terrorizing immigrant communities. Gone was the swagger, and under the light of overwhelming evidence, he tried to scramble away and evade responsibility for all of it. 1. “I don’t get involved in those operations. I’m not...
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Jul 24, 2012
Maricopa County’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio is expected to take the stand today, when a civil trial probing into his department’s chronic abuse of racial profiling resumes. The no-jury, single-judge trial began last week in Arizona, with plaintiffs arguing that Arpaio and his department regularly profile and detain Hispanics without...
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Yesterday’s webinar revealed the results from polling national latino voters, which included negative sentiments toward Arizona’s SB 1070, unenthusiastic feelings about Mitt Romney regarding his views about SB 1070, and more trust in the democratic party when it comes to immigration. Here’s what others in the media had to...
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Se trata de una demanda colectiva que alega un patrón de conducta de parte del Sheriff, su departamento y sus agentes, de concentrar sus actividades policiales en personas de origen y “apariencia” latinas.
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Las percepciones que tienen los votantes hispanos sobre los partidos políticos en lo que compete a inmigración son claras, según el sondeo. Y no suponen buenas noticias políticas para los republicanos a corto y a largo plazo.
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En un estado que ha abierto las puertas a inmigrantes durante décadas, activistas y abogados aseguran que Comunidades Seguras genera, de hecho, un ambiente de inseguridad…
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