This is truly sickening. Maricopa County's infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio just sent this shocking message to his followers: "STOP ILLEGALS FROM STEALING THE ELECTION! Our grassroots army of VOTER FRAUD PREVENTION VOLUNTEERS will stand vigilant across the nation. We will be the first and strongest line of defense to...
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Oct 28, 2010
Good stuff from my friends at Cuéntame. Sometimes you've just got to laugh to keep from crying.
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Building on race-baiting campaigns that demonize immigrants and deploy Spanish-language ads to suppress Latino turnout, many 2010 Republican candidates have embraced a disturbing new vision for U.S. immigration policy. The vision, touted recently by high-profile Republican Senate candidates Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Mark Kirk in Illinois, and Joe Miller...
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In one of the uglier developments of the 2010 mid-terms, Idaho Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick is lashing out at his Latino Republican opponent, Raul Labrador, for being "soft" on immigration.
Labrador, an immigration attorney and Republican state legislator who has been endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, can hardly be called...
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Oct 12, 2010
A recent segment of Anderson Cooper 360 shined a light on Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's history of using his office to initiate bizarre investigations and settle political scores with those who dared question the Sheriff's tactics over the years.
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Aug 9, 2010
Following the nationwide outpouring of activism that led to one Arizona "DREAMer," Marlen Moreno, being permitted to stay in the US with her family for another year, the front page of the New York Times today tells the story of DREAMers being spared deportation time and time again when...
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Today, leading Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) unveiled a plan to spend an additional $600 million on border security. This follows months of Republican complaints that the President is "doing next to nothing to secure the border," despite the cold hard fact that spending...
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Jul 16, 2010
The "Model Sheriff" for Arizona's SB 1070, Joe Arpaio, has a record of failed crime fighting tactics, civil rights abuses and creating terror in the communities he's supposed to protect.
Today, we here at America's Voice Education Fund released a new report detailing the long, disturbing and ineffective record of...
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Jul 6, 2010
Today -- in part because of concerned Americans like you -- Obama's Department of Justice announced that they are taking a stand. They will challenge Arizona's new "show me your papers" immigration law and sue the state for usurping federal authority. We know that those who support...
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GOP primary politics could potentially doom their chances to retain control of the Governor's mansions in Texas and California. Governor Jan Brewer's signature on SB 1070 and the constant anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from GOP Congressmen is downright offensive to Latinos for whom the Republican brand name is increasingly...
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