Sheriff Joe Arpaio, after decades of perpetrating criminally unjust enforcement practices against undocumented immigrants, is not sitting pretty these days, and seems to be finally facing his reckoning. Last year, a federal judge found Arpaio and his department guilty of practicing discriminatory immigration enforcement tactics, including racial profiling, and ordered a...
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A new story by Cristina Costantini at Fusion provides the latest illustration of the gap that exists between policy and practice in the world of immigration enforcement. ICE isn’t supposed to be detaining pregnant immigrant women, who might require care that ICE isn’t capable of providing and who can be...
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What it Means for the 2016 Presidential Campaign, Immigration Reform and the Politics of Immigration Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate and current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed his state’s version of the DREAM Act into law yesterday. Already, some observers are trying to assess the political implications for...
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The Week: Is 2014 the year for immigration reform? By Laura Colarusso Brownsville Herald (Texas): IMMIGRATION REFORM: Optimism increases for some By Melissa Montoya CNN: Christie heralds DREAM Act as message to Washington By Peter Hamby Business Insider: Chris Christie Just Made The Decision To Own Immigration Reform For...
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Apparently, actor-turned-fake-lawman Steven Seagal is thinking about running for governor of Arizona. During an interview with ABC 15, Seagal promoted his reality TV show–shot in collaboration with none other than Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio–and talked about a potential future in politics. As Seagal said: Joe Arpaio and I...
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This morning, we lifted up La Opinión’s new editorial on immigration reform, “The Citizenship Lie,” which discusses reform must contain citizenship. The editorial’s answer: yes, because “the mere idea of creating a separate category of people by arbitrarily limiting their integration into society and future political participation is repugnant,...
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Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican Senatorial candidate in Georgia, is known for controversial comments like calling President Obama a communist and referring to evolution as a lie “straight from the pit of hell.” In an interview posted today, Broun broke bad again, in remarks discussing Georgia demographics and his electoral opponents. One particular...
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New Editorial Blasts Efforts to Chip Away at Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants With immigration reform on the agenda for the House in 2014, we’ve yet to see a House Republican proposal that addresses the status of the 11 million aspiring Americans (that is, beyond the disastrous SAFE Act that...
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The Time is Now For a Legislative Proposal on the 11 Million that Attracts Bipartisan Support There is a consensus among most political observers that immigration reform will be on the agenda for the House in 2014. However, an essential question remains unanswered: where is the House Republicans’ specific immigration proposal?...
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Associated Press: For Obama, Congress, a last grasp at immigration By Jim Kuhnhenn NPR: Reframing The Immigration Conversation For 2014 NPR: In One Man’s Story, Two Sides Of The Immigration Debate Latinos Post: California’s ‘Trust Act’ Goes Into Effect, Limiting Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants By Jorge Calvillo National Journal: Sergio...
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