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More Sadness From Arizona

January 8th, 2011 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics

I’m shocked to read about the shooting in Arizona today, in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and is now in critical condition, and federal judge John M. Roll was killed, among others.  The suspicions that the shooter may have had political motives — including anger over immigration policy — are incredibly [...]

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Omg Omg Omg

September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics

Big news today — the Third Circuit Hazleton case (see below) has finally been released, almost two years after it was argued in 2008. And the good guys won. Major props to the folks at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project who argued and briefed the case. The unanimous decision was decided on federal preemption grounds, [...]

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Other Bills Not Worth Reading

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Law and Justice, Politics

We have already said a few things here about how dumb Arizona is with its unreadable laws against all things Latino. But lost in the discussion of racial profiling is this other creepy law Jan Brewer signed regarding public school curricula. Arizona schools are now forbidden from having courses which “promote the overthrow of the [...]

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See? It says so right there!

May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Immigration, Law and Justice, Politics, Uncategorized

This post by Monica Potts shows that cries from supporters of Arizona’s abhorrent immigration law that the law’s opponents haven’t even read the bill aren’t quite the smoking gun they’re presented as (regardless of what Jan Brewer’s cheap Kermit rip-off might say.)   However, the post does not address the obnoxious argument that’s usually paired [...]

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Today’s Reason to be Grateful

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Immigration, Politics

There are lots of reasons to be frustrated with the first 16 months of Barack Obama’s presidency. Continuation of many of the Bush anti-terrorism policies.  Escalating the war in Afghanistan.  Dragging his feet on gay rights.  Failing to put an unabashed, bleeding heart liberal on the Supreme Court. But it’s important to step back, take [...]

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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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Happy Bigotry Day

April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Immigration, Politics

Happy Bigotry Day, everyone! Today we should all follow in the lead of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and justifiably call someone a bigot. In case you haven’t heard, Brown got caught calling a British woman named Gillian Duffy a bigot when he didn’t realize his microphone was still on. Several things are funny/infuriating about [...]

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Jan Brewer, Everyone

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics

Here’s a little treat to get you through this lonely time without us – Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, stumbling all over herself in defense of Arizona’s new immigration bill: Q: What does an illegal immigrant look like? A: [Awkwardly laughs.] I do not know. I do not know what an illegal immigrant looks like. [...]

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