This week, Fremont, Nebraska residents passed a local anti-immigrant measure that aims to ban hiring or renting to “illegal immigrants.” Unlike the laws passed in Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Farmers Branch, Texas, this law was enacted by voter referendum. Otherwise, though, the law is pretty similar to its predecessors — it requires local employers to use [...]
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More Anti-Immigrant Ordinances
June 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · AS, Immigration, Supreme Court
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Which One is Arizona Again?
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration
I wholeheartedly support the decisions of state and local governments to boycott Arizona in order to protest that state’s new anti-immigrant law. Unfortunately, after reviewing Gawker’s helpful guide to the boycott, I realized I have unknowingly been on a lifelong boycott of Arizona and all things Arizonan. The only thing about boycotting Arizona that really [...]
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