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Latinos, Blacks Join Fight for Civil Rights in Arizona

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. April 26, 2010.

“Congress has reserved enforcement of immigration law for federal government, with very few explicit areas for a role for states or localities. This is not one of them.”

Arizona’s Harsh Crackdown on Immigrants May Be the Spark the Immigration Reform Movement Needs

Valeria Fernandez, deleted. April 23, 2010.

Arizona becomes first state in the nation to consider it a crime for a person to be an undocumented immigrant.

Arizona: ICE, Tea Parties Panic Immigrants

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. April 16, 2010.

What immigration authorities called the nation’s single largest operation to fight human smuggling spread fear and panic among residents in Phoenix and Tucson neighborhoods.

Punitive Arizona Immigration Measure Makes Headlines (Again)!

Benjamin Johnson, Immigration Impact. April 15, 2010.

Arizona doesn’t have a monopoly on bad ideas, but it does seem particularly good at getting noticed for them.

Arizona Legislature Makes Being Undocumented a Crime

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. April 14, 2010.

Arizona is on track to become the first state in the nation to make it a misdemeanor for a person to be there without legal immigration documents.

Around 15,000 March to Protest Policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Stephen Piggott, Imagine 2050. January 20, 2010.

Among those in attendance were Linda Ronstadt and Zach de la Rocha, the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine.

Neo-Nazis Protest Immigration in Phoenix, Get Out-shouted by Reasonable People Who Came to Protest Them

Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 9, 2009.

A legion of "counter-protesters" overwhelmed the Nazis.

FBI Busts Up Child Prostitution Rings ... But Rehabilitation Funds Are Running Out

Lisa Derrick, La Figa AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 24, 2009.

Here's one reason to pay your taxes.