Virginia has long had localized tensions over immigration: places like Prince William County and towns like Herndon where influxes of day laborers and other immigrant Latinos have been followed by police crackdowns, anti-solicitation ordinances and laws empowering the police to check people's immigration status. Continue »
Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson, and Wilmer Valderrama are using their star-power to speak out against Arizona's controversial immigration law and are encouraging young voters to storm the polls on election day in November. Continue »
Though Arizona's SB 1070 went into effect without its most controversial provisions, the legislation's stated intent—attrition through enforcement—is nevertheless gaining traction among anti-immigrant legislators across the nation. In the wake of the law's enactment, other states are coming out in support of Arizona, some developing policy modeled after SB... Continue »
While the most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been placed on hold, some illegal immigrants in the state are deciding it's time to leave. In nearby Colorado, the American Friends Service Committee says more than a dozen families have arrived in just the past few weeks. Continue »
First they were canceling in protest of the state's new immigration law. But now the reason organizations are avoiding Arizona for their conferences and conventions may be strictly business. Continue »
The message was that Arizona cannot have its own immigration or foreign policy. It cannot tell the federal government how to enforce its laws. Continue »
America is fighting a border war. With itself. U.S. President Barack Obama and his attorneys last week won a major battle. A judge overturned portions of a controversial new law in the southern state of Arizona aimed at fighting illegal immigration. Continue »
According to their Boycott Intolerance website, the major Latino advocacy group NCLR has raised the funds needed to inform "millions of people who pass through Times Square each day about the dangers of Arizona's new immigration law," SB 1070. Continue »
CBS reports Palin's latest headline-grabber in, "Palin: Obama Doesn't Have the 'Cojones' for Immigration Reform". That pretty much sums up the level of the discourse here. See, it comes down to whose "balls" are bigger – Palin's, Brewer's, or Obama's. There's certainly more than enough testosterone in this debate... Continue »
Parents, you know how it is with kids. One acts up, and so you have to focus your attention on the troublemaker and take your eye off the others. Then, when you're not looking, another one gets out of line. Continue »