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Jan Brewer's Anti-DREAM Stance on Blast in New Dennis Gilman Video

By Stephen Lemons

Aug 20, 2012

Gilman skewers Brewer in his latest effort See also: Jan Brewer's Order Has "Absolutely No Basis Under State or Federal Law," ACLU Says See also: Governor Jan Brewer to DREAMers: State Laws Bar You from Drivers Licenses, Public Benefits Regardless of Feds' Immigration Policy Shift See also: Obama Blocks DREAMers'...

Phoenix Mexican Consulate Helps DREAMers Prepare for Deferred Action

By Uriel J. Garcia

Aug 9, 2012

The Mexican Consulate in Phoenix is assisting young undocumented immigrants applying for work permits through the Obama administration's deferred action program. The new policy allows certain immigrants temporary relief from deportation if they qualify. Mexican government officials can't tell U.S. immigration who to give the 2-year renewable work permits to,...

Joe Arpaio Supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform? And All Aboard the Undocubus

By Stephen Lemons

Aug 1, 2012

Arpaio's Kumbaya moment comes around 28 minutes in... See also: Puente Kicks Off "Undocubus" with Pro-Immigrant March See also: The complete slideshow of Puente's "Undocubus" Pro-Immigrant March Well, I reckon we can just forget about that racial-profiling trial underway against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in...

Puente Kicks Off "Undocubus" with Pro-Immigrant March

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 30, 2012

See Also: Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National ConventionSee Also: The complete slideshow of Puente's "Undocubus" Pro-Immigrant March.About 200 hundred people peacefully protested Saturday morning against the immigration policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the federal government in a march starting at a Central Phoenix park and ending...

Russell Pearce's Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 20, 2012

See Also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media Former Senate President Russell Pearce's racist e-mails, recently made public by the ACLU, were slammed today by politicians and activists at the Arizona State Capitol. Around 20 members of Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group that made the 2011 recall...

Joe Arpaio's Deputy Thinks Most Day-Laborers Are Undocumented

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 19, 2012

See also: Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Trial Begins, and, Yes, He's Guilty as Sin See also: Joe Arpaio Racial-Profiling Trial Draws Protestors' Calls for Justice on Opening Day See also: Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Case Costs County Close To $1 Million, So Far In the law-enforcement experience of Maricopa County...

Robert Meza, Democratic State Senator, Threatens DREAMer With Defamation Lawsuit, Campaigners Say

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 18, 2012

See Also: How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix's City Council Race State Senator Robert Meza is being accused of threatening to sue a volunteer for fellow Democrat Raquel Terán, his primary opponent in the newly-created Legislative District 30. Meza, who is openly gay, claims Tony Valdovinos, a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant,...

ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070

By Stephen Lemons

Jul 17, 2012

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Court intended to lift a lower...

Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Confesses Ignorance on Immigration

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 17, 2012

See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid See Also: Obama's 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with Arizona Arizona Congressman David Schweikert admits he's no expert on immigration. Still, he insists that any immigration-reform proposal in Congress resulting in...

DREAMers Vulnerable to Scams, Activists and Feds Warn

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 12, 2012

See Also: DREAMers Score a Win with Obama's Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over Young illegal immigrants should be wary of scam artists promising work permits as a result of the Obama administration's new immigration policy toward them. That's the message from pro-immigrant activists worried that the...

Ana Tijoux, Latina Rapper, Shows Support for Arizona's Undocumented Immigrants in Music Video

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 10, 2012

See Also: Ana Tijoux at Puente's Noche de Mujeres See Also: Ana Tijoux Rocks Phoenix Sunday Night at Puente's Noche de Mujeres See Also: DREAMers Score a Win with Obama's Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over Chilean-French MC Ana Tijoux today released a new music video titled...

Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National Convention

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 9, 2012

See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid While most pro-immigrant activists are focusing on educating people about President Obama's new immigration policy regarding DREAM Act students, which promises to stop the deportations of some undocumented youth, the local human-rights group Puente is advocating a halt...

Duke St. Rollins on Jan Brewer, Ted Nugent, Joe Arpaio, Sean Hannity, Teabagger Spelling Errors, and More

By Stephen Lemons

Jul 6, 2012

See also: Joe Arpaio Owned by the Infamous Duke St. Rollins.Part verbal terrorist, part international man of mystery, Duke St. Rollins trolls the Facebook sites of teatard politicos and talking heads, leaving behind flaming piles of fresh manure that the 'baggers are never entirely able to extinguish. Via screenshots, the Duke...

California's "Anti-Arizona Law" Meant to Protect Undocumented Immigrants From Deportation

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 6, 2012

See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer AfraidSee Also: Janet Napolitano's "Secure Communities" Program Secure in Arizona, Elsewhere Not So MuchThe California State Senate passed a bill Thursday that is being called the "anti-Arizona law" by pro-immigrant activists.The TRUST Act, as it is officially known, would...

Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 5, 2012

See Also: Obama's 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with ArizonSee Also: Bill Montgomery Blames Obama's 287(g) Move for Attack on Phoenix Cop Arizona Congressman David Schweikert is taking a jab at the Obama administration for its decision to scrap part of a federal immigration program in Arizona.In an opinion...

Raul Castro's Treatment by Border Patrol an Argument for BP's Elimination

By Stephen Lemons

Jul 5, 2012

I despise the United States Border Patrol. One-hundred miles from the U.S. Border, the entire U.S. border, they are a law unto themselves, in what the ACLU refers to as a "constitution free zone," that encircles the entire contiguous United States.They regularly treat U.S. citizens with contempt. This, despite the...

Joe Arpaio Crows About ICE Taking Two Suspected Illegal Aliens Following MCSO Traffic Stop (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Jul 2, 2012

ABC 15's report on Joe's ICE announcementSee also: Bill Montgomery Blames Obama's 287(g) Move for Attack on Phoenix CopSee also: Obama's 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with ArizonaSee also: Jan Brewer Hysterical Over Homeland Security's 287(g) MoveI'm skeptical of MCSO press releases and anything our...

John McCain High-Fives Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's President-Elect

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jul 2, 2012

See also: Arizonans Cast Ballots in Mexican Elections, from ArizonaU.S. Senator John McCain sent his congratulations via Twitter to Mexico's president-elect, soap-opera-actress lover Enrique Pena Nieto on a historic win bringing back to power the PRI, a once authoritarian political party, from a 12-year hiatus.According to preliminary results announced by Mexico's...

Arizonans Cast Ballots in Mexican Elections, from Arizona

By Uriel J. Garcia

Jun 30, 2012

When Mexico's Congress allowed its country's citizens to vote from abroad for the first time in 2006, local immigrant-rights activist Carmen Cornejo leapt at the chance to cast her ballot for President Felipe Calderon.With the 2012 Mexican presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, Cornejo, a naturalized United States citizen born in...

Joe Arpaio Owned by the Infamous Duke St. Rollins

By Stephen Lemons

Jun 30, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's the Rodney Dangerfield of Sand Land politics these days. He just don't get no respect. Thing is, in his case, he deserves no respect, whereas Dangerfield's self-pity was a shtick. People actually liked him. They despise Joe. At least those with half a brain or more.Because of this,...

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