Steve King agreed with Jason Richwine when the latter famously claimed that Hispanics have lower IQs than whites — and apparently, King doesn’t approve of them going to school, either. According to Right Wing Watch, King was on a call-in show with Phyllis Schafly when he started railing about “free...
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Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio, apparently, can’t stop getting into trouble. A long record of misdeeds finally caught up with Arpaio last fall, when US District Judge Murray Snow ordered Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) to cease enforcement practices that use racial profiling to discriminate against Latinos. To ensure...
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Huffington Post: House Democrats Aim To Push Past GOP On Immigration By Elise Foley NBC News: House Dems Will Try to Force Immigration Vote By Frank Thorp V Politico: House Democrats press for immigration vote By Seung Min Kim CNN: House Democrats to try to force a vote on...
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Every day over 1000 families in America are torn apart by deportation. It’s a sad fact and one that we think needs to change. But last week when we heard that an eight-year-old girl had committed suicide after being deported by Border Patrol, well, it just seemed that things...
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Since late last year, we’ve been trying to tell the story of Maria Perez and her deported husband, Brigido Acosta-Luis. Last fall, Brigido was deported and forcibly separated from his family after more than a decade of living and working in the country. In the last few months, Maria...
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International Business Times: Immigration Reform Advocates To Obama: What Happened To ‘Year Of Action?’ By Laura Matthews MSNBC: Immigration protests keep pressure on Obama By Rachel Maddow Politico: DHS chief Jeh Johnson to meet with immigration advocates By Seung Min Kim USA Today: Obama ‘humane’ order roils immigration debate By Alan Gomez Bloomberg...
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The Florida House of Representatives took a long-delayed step forward yesterday, when it approved HB851, an in-state tuition bill for young Florida graduates, by an 81-33 margin. A similar bill has passed committee in the Senate and is expected to be assigned to other committees soon. The bill has long...
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Erie Times-News (Pennsylvania): Immigration debate takes center stage in Erie By Lisa Thompson Wall Street Journal: GOP Optimists Challenge Common Wisdom on Immigration By Laura Meckler Los Angeles Times: Upbeat signs for GOP before midterm vote may mask its Latino problem By Maeve Reston TIME: A New Immigration Strategy?...
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