The bill gives young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they enroll in college or enlist in the military. Supporters call its passage historic — but Democrats probably don’t have enough votes to get it through the Senate. 3651Share 3diggsdigg Related Undocumented students take pause in studies to celebrate Dream Act vote Supreme Court [...]
Private Prison Interests Behind Arizona Immigration Law October 29th, 2010 “I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.” —Fight Club Via: NPR: Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s [...]
Ariz. gov. slams ‘foreign interference’ in immigration lawsuit case Published on 10-08-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | Source: Politico In a new twist in the fight over Arizona’s immigration law, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday asked a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to overturn the law. [...]
Shadow Elite: Selling Out Uncle Sam & Outsourcing American Power This is the first of a Shadow Elite series, investigating the game-changing effects of government contracting on the most vital government functions. It’s one of those ideas that might seem sensible at first-glance: retired military officers hired to serve as “senior mentors” to the armed [...]
Okay, so let me see if I have this right. The US Government says it is okay for Israel to attack and kill humanitarian aid works (including Americans) outside the borders to Gaza, yet Arizona is to be blocked from keeping Mexican drug criminals from crossing over into their state?Does that make any sense at [...]
17 States Now Filing Versions of Arizona’s Immigration Bill SB 1070 May 21, 2010 For National Release CONTACT: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) (866) 703-0864 WilliamG@alipac.us www.alipac.us One of America’s national organizations fighting against illegal immigration is announcing that 17 states are now filing versions of Arizona’s SB 1070 law which is designed to [...]
What exactly are the rights of those that come into the country illegally? Should they enjoy the same Constitutional Protections as Naturalized Citizens of the United States? Of course, we are talking about Civil Rights and Due Process, Miranda Rights, etc. The answer of course, is that all human beings deserve to be treated with [...]
Arizona is Right By Maria Fotopoulos >From President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to legislators such as Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and members of the L.A. City Council, political opportunists are lining up against American citizens. It’s beginning to look like a conspiracy! They [...]
The Economics Beneath Immigration Reform By Shamus Cooke How convenient for Goldman Sachs. Just as most working people were demanding that the Goldman bosses and other Wall Street criminals either be massively fined, jailed or worse, the nation’s attention is suddenly forced to react to the racist immigration law in Arizona. And although the two [...]
April 14th, 2010 Your papers, please. Via: Wall Street Journal: Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, which would make it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. It would also grant police the power to stop and verify the [...]
America’s Secret Prisons for Undocumented Immigrants by Andrew Joad World Socialist Web Site – 2010-02-01 There are at least 186 secret detention centers maintained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) within the borders of the US, according to an article published in the Nation magazine in December. Drawing on a report by Amnesty [...]
Source: Seattle Times With the health-care battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive — a major overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide [...]
Source: Phoenix Business Journal The uber-establishment Council on Foreign Relations said Wednesday it favors granting legal status to many of the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., creating a guest worker program for low-skilled foreign workers to come and work in the U.S and opposes local police getting to conduct immigration raids. The [...]
By Shamus Cooke Even the most optimistic Obama supporter should cringe in response to the White House’s recent “bi-partisan immigration talks.” What could Democrats and Republicans possibly have in common over immigration? Quite a lot it turns out. An enormous sell-out is being prepared for the U.S. immigrant population and Latinos especially — who came [...]
The nation’s most populous state is on the verge of passing a law to give special driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants who won’t meet the security standards under a federal measure designed to protect the country from terrorists. By 2011 all states must verify the authenticity of every driver’s license applicant by confirming that documents—such [...]
