Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona heads to Alabama today to be the keynote speaker at the Alabama Federation of Republican Women dinner in Huntsville and, presumably, to reiterate her recent support for Alabama and Arizona's anti-immigration laws.
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A lawsuit by Gov. Jan Brewer that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state's border with Mexico was dismissed Friday by a federal judge.
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Sep 23, 2011
The number of immigration bills introduced in state capitals reached a record 1,592 this year, but the number actually signed into law fell by one-fourth, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Rep. Jeff Flake continues to run from his record on immigration reform. The GOP Congressman from Arizona, who is now running for Senate, launched an attack on the Obama administration's new deportation policy. He used to be a champion for comprehensive reform.
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Aug 10, 2011
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is facing a Wednesday deadline to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider her appeal of a lower court's ruling that put parts of the state's aggressive anti-illegal immigration law on hold. Brewer, a Republican, vowed this spring to take the case to the high...
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An American immigration agent bounded up the steps of a bus about to cross the United States-Mexico border recently and demanded to see the papers of all those aboard. "Papers!" he shouted, eyeing passengers warily as he walked up and down the aisle.
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The Department of Justice is putting a stop to the madness in Alabama, and is challenging the state's very anti-immigrant law, HB 56. From the press release yesterday: "Today's action makes clear that setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility that cannot be addressed through...
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The president of a national religious organization and five others went on trial Friday in Phoenix a year after they were arrested while protesting Arizona's tough immigration law and a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Jul 29, 2011
I am about to go on trial in Phoenix. One year ago, I was arrested during an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to speak out against anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona. Side by side with local activists and fellow Unitarian Universalists from across the nation, I was protesting Maricopa County...
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The picture painted of America's southwestern border with Mexico is a bloody one, in which the drug violence decimating northern Mexico has spilled onto U.S. soil and turned the region into a war zone. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has warned of human skulls rolling through her state's deserts. Rep....
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