Some days, these stories just write themselves. Kansas legislator Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, suggested yesterday during a House Appropriations Committee meeting that illegal immigrants should be hunted down and shot.
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A legislator said Monday it might be a good idea to control illegal immigration the way the feral hog population has been controlled: with gunmen shooting from helicopters. Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, said he was just joking, but that his comment did reflect frustration with the problem of...
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House Republicans really let their nativist flag fly yesterday with simultaneous hearings on "New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not" (or rather: "Why Immigrants are Supposedly Recovering from the Recession Faster than Natives and What We Can Do to Make Sure...
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Mar 10, 2011
Three Oklahoma lawmakers who advocate stricter immigration controls are among a dozen U.S. legislators targeted by a Southern Poverty Law Center report for their "radical" beliefs.
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A proposal in the Texas state legislature to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants features a huge exception for household labor—exposing the breathtaking hypocrisy of some Republicans who want to sound tough on the issue, while still benefiting from the work of undocumented immigrants.
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He's already "America's Toughest Sherriff," but now it seems Joe Arpiao wants to be "America's Oldest School Yard Bully."
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It's like he can't help it: ridiculously anti-immigrant pundit Mark Krikorian, executive director of the hate group/think tank Center for Immigrant Studies (CIS), has penned another racist, nativist gem, making him once again one of those people we're kind of glad to have around.
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This backgrounder on constitutional citizenship reveals that recent attempts to deny citizenship to babies is unconstitutional and wrong, leading to millions of dollars lost in litigation, and viewed by the fastest growing voting demographic -- Latinos -- as an attack on their community. Moreover, revoking the 14th amendment...
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This very powerful statement from African-American and Latino religious leaders was issued in advance of today's House hearing on immigration issues.
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Major anti-immigrant organizations such as the Center for Immigration Studies, NumbersUSA and the Federation for American Immigration Reform are closely aligned with the Republican Members of Congress who are now in charge of immigration policy for the U.S. House of Representatives. In a series of hearings, House Judiciary...
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