Dec 15, 2011
As the Department of Justice's investigation has shown, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's discriminatory practices and abuses of power have made him a Bull Connor for the 21st century. Below are some of the highlights--or rather, lowlights--of Arpaio's career.
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Nothing should surprise us about Rep. Steve King. The Iowa Republican is proudly one of the leading anti-immigrant legislators in Congress. And, this we learned that King thinks racial profiling is legal.
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Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held yet another hearing on immigration. Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the leading anti-immigrant voice in the GOP, exhibited egregious behavior during his questioning of former Sacramento Police Chief Art Venegas, a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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It's a big day in Alabama with the launch of the campaign against HB 56. You can follow the action via UStream and Twitter.
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House Republican Jeff Duncan (SC) is just the latest in a long line of Republicans to say something horribly impolitic about immigrants, only to backtrack later. He readily joins the club as one of their most nonsensical members. Earlier this week, Duncan described the US border as “like having...
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Oct 13, 2011
For your viewing pleasure this morning, we're forwarding around last night's episode of South Park, "The Last of the Meheecans." Hilarious and relevant, it's also a sign of how thoroughly the immigration debate has permeated pop culture and the American consciousness.
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In "honor" of this nonsense, and in honor of it being Friday, we at America's Voice have pulled together a few fun clips that remind us of the echo chamber around these GOP legislators. We all know the economy is a problem, but these representatives would rather cast...
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There's been a lot of discussion about the Obama Administration's new deportation policy. One thing that is crystal clear is that the policy is well within the President's authority. At The New Republic, Nathan Pippenger explained this, and Mark Krikorian agrees.
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To honor the DREAM Act, and call attention to the ten years that have passed without it becoming law, Mariano Cardoso—a DREAMer from Connecticut himself—interviewed two fellow undocumented students, Melvin Rico and Sophia Campos. Watch their stories below.
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Aug 26, 2011
The Secure Communities Task Force hearing in Arlington, Virginia last night was not my first protest, but it was my first exposure to what we call "antis"—people from the anti-immigrant crowd. Some were reasonable, and some were not. Some were people I felt I could have a...
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