Despite the devastating consequences of state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, legislators in other states have introduced similar enforcement bills this year.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. May 26, 2011.
A bipartisan group of US representatives have introduced bills to protect patients, caregivers, and providers from ongoing federal arrests, prosecutions, and harassment.
These laws will scare off tourists from Latin American and the Caribbean who contribute billions to Florida’s economy and millions to the state's coffers.
Valeria Fernández, New America Media. January 24, 2011.
“When you put children in a position of feeling threatened, it impacts how they learn,” said a Phoenix principal who has seen enrollment drop, likely due to immigration laws.
Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate are demanding the state acknowledge "reliance upon Almighty God" in its Homeland Security department.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. April 20, 2010.
Obama's ICE promised to “focus on the employer” and pursue “aggressive criminal and civil enforcement against (employers) who knowingly violate the law.”
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. April 12, 2010.
Who will be the second lawmaker on the Republican side of the aisle to help Sen. Lindsey Graham carry forward immigration reform? And is it a prerequisite to moving forward?
The message was clear: fix our broken immigration system, stop the deportations that split up families, and allow immigrants to come to the US legally and to earn legal status.
There is “Nothing like 100,000 angry, frustrated, impatient marchers, representing millions of voters, to focus the Congressional and presidential mind…”
As grassroots support for the pro-immigration reform March for America grows, anti-immigration groups and their allies are trying to use racial tension to stop the momentum.
There is a quiet battle underway within the GOP that may soon break out into the open. It will impact whether they can continue as a national political party in the decades ahead
Democrats are served better by picking a fight with the GOP over immigration rather than running from one. Latinos nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to vote.
Some Georgia legislators want their state constitution to recognize embryos and fetuses as persons from the moment of conception. It's a sign of a widening strategic divide within the anti-choice movement.
It's easy to become depressed by the latest daily dose of bad news from the war to the Supreme Court, but progressives ought to be encouraged by a quiet series of positive environmental developments in recent weeks.
