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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Omg Omg Omg
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics
Tags: 1981·ACLU·ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project·Arizona·Hazleton·Hazleton v. Lozano·Jan Brewer·preemption·SB 1070·Third Circuit
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 [...]
Tags: Arizona·Brown v. Board of Education·conservative logic·Immigration·Jan Brewer·John Yoo·race·racism·SB 1070
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. [...]
Tags: Arizona·discrimination·Immigration·immigration bill·Jan Brewer·racial profiling·SB 1070