maricopa county
Drug And Human Smuggling Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Nose
Maybe Sheriff Joe Arpaio should be paying closer attention to what’s happening in his own department. The controversial Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has made a name for himself persecuting undocumented immigrants […]
Arizona’s Joe Arpaio’s Office Filled With Racist Jokes
And now for the surprise of the century: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office routinely and frequently circulated racist, anti-Latino jokes among employees via email. What’s more, Arpaio distributed letters […]
Anti-Immigrant Sheriff Arpaio Misspent $99 Million
There’s no other way to say it but that the infamous anti-immigrant Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been found to have misspent about half his department’s annual budget, which […]
Racist Arizona Substitute Teacher Choked Wife, Abused Children & Family Dog
Anthony Hill, the racist substitute teacher who claimed his eighth grade class was filled with Latino students who only wanted to be gangbangers, is surprisingly a troubled individual. Excellent reporting by […]
AZ Senate Eliminates Spanish Election Material
So this really isn’t about immigrants, undocumented or not. The folks in power in Arizona don’t want anything in their state that doesn’t look or sound like they do. This recent vote […]
Latino Republicans Work To Recall Arizona’s Pearce
A group of conservative Arizona Latinos, Somos Republicans, is behind a move to recall that state’s senate president Russell Pearce. For those not in the know, this is the kind […]
Tucson: When Tea Party, Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Collide
[Editor’s Note: This column by Somos Republicans founder DeeDee Garcia Blase is being reposted with permission, for more from Somos Republicans visit their website.] Not all Tea Party members are […]
Latinas Are Economic Engine of Arizona
This article, by Maritza Lizeth Félix, appeared in the Prensa Hispana, and it’s got interesting facts that support the positive contribution of Latinos, Latinas specifically, to the Arizona economy. It goes […]
Hulk Smash…Immigrants?
So apparently the original Hulk — that’s actor Lou Ferrigno — wants to smash immigrants (figuratively speaking). According to a recent news report: “Television ‘Hulk’ actor Lou Ferrigno has joined […]
Court to Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio: Stop it!
Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was ordered by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop unconstitutional practices in his jails that put his detainees at risk, according to […]