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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Turns Out, Local Police Sure Like Trying To Deport People
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice, Uncategorized
A new study by the Warren Institute just came out this month analyzing some extremely rare arrest data from Irving, Texas. The ACLU of Texas managed, by some wild miracle, to get arrest records for a 23-month period during which Irving started participating in the Criminal Alien Program (“CAP”). (Get it? ICE CAP? I know, [...]
Tags: ACLU·ACLU of Texas·CAP·ICE·Immigration·Irving Texas·local immigration enforcement·racial profiling·racism·Texas·Warren Institute