The self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America was threatened with a lawsuit by Justice Department officials if he does not cooperate with their ongoing investigation into allegations he discriminates against Hispanics. A federal grand jury in Phoenix is looking into allegations that Arpaio used his power to investigate and intimidate political opponents and that his office […]
Colorado Sends Delegation to Arizona for Advice on Immigration Law
August 18, 2010 By
The Colorado GOP sent a delegation of lawmakers to Phoenix on Tuesday to seek advice on how to proceed with anti-immigration legislation similar to SB 1070. Colorado is the latest in a string of states to send lawmakers to Arizona this summer looking to copy the states controversial anti-immigration law. Yesterday La Plaza reported Alabama […]
Redistricting Without Census Data May Jeopardize Voting Rights in Kansas City
August 17, 2010 By
The City Council in Kansas City, Missouri may be jeopardizing the voting rights of minorities in order to reach a deadline of drawing up new district boundaries before the March 2011 election. The council is required, as mandated by the city charter, to find a way to redraw its boundaries by this date. However, census […]
Alabama GOP Unveils Agenda with AZ-style Law
August 17, 2010 By
Capitalizing on the anti-immigrant movement across the nation, Alabama Republicans rolled out a hostile agenda on Monday against immigrants that includes plans for a bill similar to Arizona’s SB 1070. The GOP in Alabama is advocating for a law that creates a new criminal trespass statute allowing local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants for […]
Republican Candidates Speak to Tea Party Activists on AZ-Mexico Border
August 16, 2010 By
More than a dozen conservative speakers, many of them candidates vying for office in Arizona, spoke to a crowd of about 400 Tea Party activists who gathered in support of Arizona’s anti-immigration law on Sunday at the U.S. Mexico Border. Many of the activists demanded that Congress and President Barack Obama increase resources for border […]
Overall Hispanics Still Turning to Spanish-language Media
August 16, 2010 By
An Univision-AP Poll relating to Hispanics and Media Consumption shows that U.S. Hispanics, including English-dominant speakers, turn to Spanish-language media on a daily basis. The findings revealed that 90% of Spanish-dominant Hispanics watch some Spanish-language TV, and 75 percent listen to Spanish-language radio each day. Among English-dominant Hispanics, nearly 4 in 10 said they consume […]
Guest Blogger Series: Congressman José E. Serrano “Never Amend the Constitution to Take Away Rights”
August 13, 2010 By
By Rep. José E. Serrano As an election nears, we always hear increasingly extreme rhetoric from the Republican Party on immigration. But this time around, their fire has turned on the most vulnerable among us; the children. This shameful tactic, which is designed to fire up their most angry anti-immigrant supporters, is not even focused […]
Kansas Republicans Add Their Support to SB 1070
August 13, 2010 By
Two Republican leaders in Kansas have filed a friend of the court brief in federal court supporting the state of Arizona’s anti-immigrant bill, SB 1070. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, and House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson are siding with AZ Governor Jan Brewer, the defendant, in the federal government’s suit to stop implementation of […]
Republicans Would Strip Rights of 340,000 Babies
August 12, 2010 By
If Republicans were to have it their way, they would be the stripping the rights of 340,000 citizens simply because of who their parents are. A study released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the United States in 2008 were born to undocumented immigrants. […]
Guest Blogger Series: Janet Murguía on “GOP flirting with Disaster on Latinos”
August 12, 2010 By
As featured in Politico: The National Council of La Raza honored Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in 2007 for his work on immigration. “We are going to solve this [immigration] problem,” Graham said that night, “We’re not going to run people down. We’re not going to scapegoat people. We’re going to tell the bigots to shut […]
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