Senator Scott Beason — the guy who once said that we should “empty the clip, and do what has to be done ”; referred to people at a casino in a predominately black county as “aborigines”; and author of the worst anti-immigrant law in the country, H.B....
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Great read from the Associated Press today about DREAMers and the growing movement of students who are defying the law, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and their parents by “coming out” publicly as undocumented. From the article: It began several years ago, tentatively, almost furtively, with a few small rallies...
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Big news from the US Census Bureau this week: for the first time, ethnic minority babies are the majority of children born in the US. Plenty of blogs and editorials have covered the seismic shift, pointing out that these demographic changes will transform policies and politics, whether certain policymakers accept the facts or...
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We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM. In March, they set off from San Francisco to begin a 3,000-mile, 8-month walk to Washington, DC to call attention to the DREAM Act and the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Jose Sandoval,...
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This week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went on Fox News Latino to discuss immigration, the Latino vote, and the 2012 election with Juan Williams. He started out strong, discussing how important the Latino vote will be in November and admitting that Republicans have essentially scared Hispanic voters away with...
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Cross-Posted at Mom’s Rising: “Russian Women are no longer the best kept secret of the cold war” notes the website of Encounters International, the mail-order bride company that is lobbying hard for the passage of the scary Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — the version...
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Yesterday, the Census Bureau reported that, in 2011, 50.4% of all births in the United States were to minorities: For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. New...
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Today, United We DREAM, DREAMers, and activists are holding at least 25 different protests across 16 different states to mark the launch of their “Right to DREAM” campaign. The nationwide action calls for increased protection for DREAMers and their families from harsh deportation practices and calls for the Obama...
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BREAKING: Governor Bentley has refused to sign the new legislation, HB 658, saying that he has proposed amendments and that immigration will be addressed in a special legislative session. More details soon. ___________________________________ Ignoring the fierce criticism, reminders of the state’s long ugly history of racism and the economic consequences...
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In 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Florida raided the home of Adolfo Garcia and Julio Diaz, reportedly in search of human traffickers. Although no one in the home was involved in trafficking, the agents stormed the house and violently arrested Garcia, Diaz and several others for...
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