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NPR Discovers the Prison Industry’s Role in SB 1070

Mary Mata October 28, 2010

Long after the rest of us have already figured out that the prison industry was an integral part of conceiving, drafting and implementing Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070, NPR also […]

GOP’s Voter Fraud, aka, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Mary Mata

GOP Accused of Nasty Racism

Mary Mata

Arizona’s Governor’s Long Lost DUI

Mary Mata

Arizona governor, immigrant hater and signer of the SB 1070 anti-immigrant bill in Arizona Jan Brewer loves the law — as long as it doesn’t apply to her.  The proof […]

Moving Past Bumper Stickers: The Complexity of ‘Border Issues’

Mary Mata

As you may or may not know, this month’s Texas Monthly magazine is billing itself the immigration issue, “Eighteen Texans tell us exactly what they think about illegal immigration.” Some […]

El ‘Eslica Kino’:Valley Legislator Found Guilty

Mary Mata October 27, 2010

Kino Flores was found guilty of numerous campaign financing and reporting violations. Flores has long been a problem among Valley Dems. While he professed to stick with his party, for […]

Latino Police Officers Back CA Marijuana Initiative

Mary Mata

The National Latino Officers Association is set to approve legalizing mota in California this week. As we previously reported, Latinos don’t smoke as much mota as whites but get arrested […]