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Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Politics Reflect Deep South Sea Change

NewsTaco April 26, 2011

Is Georgia becoming the new Arizona? An immigration bill that parrots Arizona’s infamous sb1070 is making news in that state. Even while the Arizona law has been successfully challenged in federal court and a […]

SB1070 One Year Later

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Alaska Police Officer Discovered To Be Undocumented

NewsTaco April 25, 2011

Enforcement of Immigration Laws Could Drain Local Coffers

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Here’s another take on why local enforcement of federal immigration laws is a bad idea. This comes from The News Courier, in Athens, Alabama: The sheriff (Mike Blakely) said the combination of […]

Utah’s Republican Governor Defends Guest Worker Program

Mary Mata April 22, 2011

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) defended the guest worker program that he signed into law earlier this year after the state’s legislature passed it as part of an overall immigration […]

Tennessee Needs Bilingual Latino Professionals

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Professional Latino/a? Bilingual? Looking for a job? You may want to try Tennessee. The  Latino population in that state grew by 134 percent, to 290,000. And while that may not […]

Lamar Smith to Barack Obama: Sue Utah Like You Did Arizona

NewsTaco April 21, 2011

Remember the Utah immigration law? It hasn’t been that long. It’s the law that was approved last month by the Utah legislature that made room for a guest worker program and […]