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Racial Profiling Feared in New Mexico
One of the first things that Susana Martinez, the newly elected and installed Republican Governor of New Mexico, did was undo what her predecessor had done. Five years ago then […]
Feds Sending Mixed Messages on Who Gets Deported
The last thing you need in a heated argument is confusion and mixed messages. If we’re going to bicker we should be able to do it with the same set […]
Group Hopes To Save Ethnic Studies In Arizona
Save Ethnic Studies, Inc. is a non-profit organization that recently started in Arizona to help challenge HB 2281, the state’s new anti-ethnic studies (or, more appropriately, Chicano Studies) law that […]
State Legislatures Forge Ahead on Immigration Laws
Twitter went aflutter last night, at least the corner of Twitter where I was hanging out, when President Obama mentioned immigration reform and the DREAM Act during his third State […]
Mississippi First to Ape Arizona’s SB1070
You can put Mississippi at the head of the line on at least one thing: that state’s seante is the first to approve an immigration law that apes Arizona’s sb […]
Immigration Issue Gains Momentum Across States
State GOP legislators from across the country have wasted no time in filing and promoting Arizona type immigration bills. It’s no surprise, we all knew they were coming. But neither […]
Federal Immigration Raids Growing Under Obama
In a very detailed analysis, David Bacon points out that the Barack Obama administration has upped the ante of enforcement against immigrant workers in ways that are either comparable, or […]
Why the DREAM Act Won’t Cost Us Money
Great piece by US Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, published in, of all places, Foxnews.com on December 6th. Here it is, word for word: If you take a serious look at […]
Obama Admin’s Deportation Record Via Twisted Rules
Turns out President Barack Obama’s record deportations this past year — 392,862 in a pathetic effort to show the Republicans the Dems could be “tough” on crime — came at […]
No English? You May Be Murdered
If you’re Latino, where you live and the thickness of your accent can make you more prone to be a victim of violence, even murder. The statement is the result […]