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Offensive Against Arizona-Type Laws Gains Momentum
Last week’s defeat of five stringent immigration bills in the Arizona legislature was no fluke. Ever since that state’s notorious SB1070 was signed into law, Arizona has become the focus […]
4 Year-Old US Citizen “Trapped” in Guatemala
Her name is Emily Ruiz, a US born citizen from Long Island. She was on a return trip from Guatemala where she had traveled with her grandfather. The plane she […]
Texas: No Hiring Of Immigrants — Except For Maids
Ah, Texas, my adopted homeland. There’s so much to love about you, but then you do silly things like this, and so everyone thinks you’re insane. One of the most […]
Arizona’s Population Collision With Latinos Leads To Silencing Of Critics
[Editor’s Note: This story was written jointly by myself and Pa’Lante Latino’s Christina Saenz] Carlos Galindo, a 51-year-old Latino in Arizona, was at the state senate building Wednesday when he was […]
Originalists: Uphold Constitution by Changing It
I’m starting to think that the new leadership in Congress didn’t think their plan through very well; and by extension, neither did the people who voted for them. Case in […]
Latino Groups List Their Policy Wishes for Obama
There was a time, not too long ago, when immigration was not high on the list of Latino political priorities. I remember polls that indicated education, followed by jobs and […]
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 […]
Latino Chasm in the Mormon Church
It’s about immigration, but it’s also about faith. And in a tightly-knit group like the Latter Day Saints it feels like the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s (or the Garcia’s and Martinez’…it’s […]
Birthright Battle Looms
I think this is more than a mere battle line. This is digging the trenches, filling the sandbags and raising the flag. There’s gonna be a fight. A cadre of […]
Iowa Congressman Wants To Deport Taxpaying Immigrants
¡Dios mío! These things just keep getting worse. Iowa U.S. Representative, and Republican, Steve King said in a recent interview that, if he were to become chairman of the House’s […]