May 14, 2010
As events have unfolded in Arizona, transforming its image from boring border state to ground zero in the increasingly volatile debate over illegal immigration, I was reminded of a simple question posed by a journalist who watched another state transform under a wave of conservative populism: "What's the Matter...
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Read the letter from dozens of Latino, Progressive, Labor, and Civil Rights organizations: "We are writing you today to ask that you denounce the new state law, cancel the 2011 Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Phoenix, and to pressure teams to relocate all Arizona winter and spring training...
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Hart Research Partners and America's Voice polled four moderate-conservative states and found clear majority support for immigration reform -- even faced with tough odds. Click "more" to see the results as a powerpoint.
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Watch our hilarious video about Arizona's outrageous new immigration law. The state is forcing cops to interrogate, fine, or even jail anyone who "looks" undocumented and leaves their wallet at home. Tell President Obama to stop this law and move real immigration reform right away.
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Despite all of the news coming out of Arizona and Republicans hoping to score political points with the harshest anti-immigrant bill in the country, other conservatives from around the country are beginning to step up to show that comprehensive immigration reform is in fact the right thing to do...
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Apr 21, 2010
Yesterday, we delivered over 50,000 petitions to Gov. Brewer's office, thanks to you and our partners. The Governor has until Saturday to decide whether to sign this un-American bill into law.
Please send a fax directly to the Governor today, asking her to veto racial profiling!
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Apr 14, 2010
A new measure in Arizona, SB 1070, would force cops to interrogate and even jail people based on whether or not they "look" undocumented. It would make every undocumented worker in Arizona guilty of a criminal offense, and require state and local police to go after them. We...
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As we've discussed before, Republicans are facing a major fork in the road over immigration issues.
In one direction is the large contingent of GOPers who, no matter the short-term political damage (the failure of the GOP's immigration wedge strategy in recent elections) or the longer-term stupidity of anti-immigration pandering...
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An editorial in today's New York Times adds to a week of attacks on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), since last Friday's release of a new report by the agency's Inspector General that slams the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Apr 6, 2010
Our nation's immigration enforcement agency is out of control. Immigration agents should not have quotas to round up "easy targets"— moms and dads working to feed their families — they should be going after serious criminals. Watch our shocking new video, and raise your voice.
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