Jul 16, 2010
Today America's Voice Education Fund released a new report detailing the long, disturbing and ineffective record of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona. Self-promoted as "America's Toughest Sheriff" and widely feared by Latino immigrants for his harsh tactics, the report suggests that Sheriff Joe is better...
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At a time in which the Arizona GOP has made it acceptable for American citizens to go on witch-hunts for undocumented immigrants (i.e. suing police if they don't profile people based on shoes, accents, and skin color), comes this highly disturbing story out of Utah. The New York...
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Yesterday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Anaheim, California, was met with protests asking that the 2011 game be moved out of Phoenix due to Arizona's passage of SB 1070 -- but the game is staying put for now. Meanwhile, a list sent to officials in Utah that claims...
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Today in the Spanish-language press, actions in support of the DREAM Act heat up across the country, while Arizona business owners have more backbone than Democratic governors in standing up to Arizona's SB 1070. Meanwhile, hate crimes in Staten Island, NY have immigrants afraid to walk the streets, and...
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The Department of Justice is taking action to reassert control over immigration policy at the national level, which is where it belongs. The state of Arizona's radical attempt to usurp federal authority cannot be allowed to stand. Letting 50 states make their own immigration policy makes...
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has long been one of the most zealous anti-immigrant Members of Congress. Today, in light of Rep. King's revelations of a "Sixth Sense" when it comes to determining who is an immigrant, America's Voice has released a new video about Rep. King's unique...
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Rep. King's bogus claims about immigrants have served as talking points for the extreme anti-immigrant movement. King has not only stood side by side with anti-immigrant extremists, he has also been a financial beneficiary of their political action committees.
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Evidently, House hardliners have compared notes when it comes to backing the "papers please" Arizona anti-immigrant law. Representatives Steve King (R-IA) and Brian Bilbray (R-CA) are defending the Arizona anti-immigrant law against charges of racial profiling by arguing that footwear is the key to identifying who is in...
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It continues to amaze me how much TV coverage a couple hundred to a few thousand tea party or anti-immigration reform supporters garner any time they so much as sneeze in a public space. When compared to mainstream coverage of events with tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands--...
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The courageous Trail of Dreams students are at it again. Having completed a 1500 mile trek from Miami to Washington fighting for their cause to end the deportation of students and separation of families, the student activists traveled to Arizona to request a meeting with the controversial, anti-immigrant...
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