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Analysis: Senate Democrats Re-Introduce DREAM Act
President Barack Obama made a first push for immigration reform yesterday in a speech in El Paso, Texas, and today his fellow Democrats in the Senate followed suit by re-introducing […]
Texas Republicans Pass Racial Profiling Law
Texas Republicans pushed through a measure today that would prohibit cities from prohibiting racial profiling by preventing law enforcement officials from asking those they arrest their legal status. In other […]
Arizona Will Raise Private Funds To Build Border Fence
Lawmakers in Arizona are so intent on building a wall along the US-Mexico border that they’re passing the hat to get it done – it’s going to have to be a very […]
What Does Osama Bin Laden’s Death Mean For Latinos?
By Henry Flores, Ph.D. To answer my own question: It means a lot of things and it also may have no meaning at all. Ha, you thought my question rhetorical? […]
SB1070 One Year Later
Saturday marked the one year anniversary since Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the controversial anti-immigrant law SB 1070 into law and placed the immigration debate front and center in American […]
Governor and Senator Rally in Support of Connecticut DREAMer
You can’t enlist more powerful people to your cause than the Governor and senior US Senator from your state, so Mariano Cardoso Jr. deserves a spotlight, tinged with irony. Cardoso is a […]
Why Florida Is Really Going After “Illegals”
[Editor’s Note: The following was reposted from Somos Republicans with permission.] By Alex Gonzalez As the issue of SB1070 in the southwest is vanishing from state legislatures and return to […]
Georgia Set To Follow In Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Footsteps
Georgia is about to step into Arizona’s SB 1070 shoes, as Governor Nathan Deal says he’ll sign legislation passed by that state’s legislature that is plainly anti-immigrant. The Associated Press […]
In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students; and No Vote With No I.D.
There are plenty of places to keep an eye on today – with the budget impasse in Washington and all. At the state level there are important bills and ideas […]
Tea Party Brings Birthright Citizenship House Floor
So while the President and the leaders of congress were working to avert a government shutdown in the past few days the Tea Party was launching an assault on the […]