Colorado has not gone as far as Arizona in enforcing immigration laws, but a series of measures passed in 2006 show this state is not afraid to get in the enforcement game.
State law requires local law-enforcement officials to report all arrestees believed to be undocumented. In domestic-violence cases, a report to immigration officials isn’t made [...]
As the effective date of Arizona’s new immigration law nears, new concerns are being raised by municipal officials about how to effectively enforce it without creating a legal and financial quagmire.
At a public forum Tuesday, two southeast Valley mayors said the law could boomerang on its authors by actually reducing immigration enforcement because of its [...]
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s announcement that he will mark the dawn of Arizona’s new immigration law next month with a crime-suppression operation should catch nobody by surprise.
Arpaio has been one of the most vocal supporters of the law. And he has made headlines for more than two years with his controversial immigration sweeps, typically placing dozens [...]
Amid a growing national angst about illegal immigration, Americans keep hearing a chorus: Secure the border first. Then talk about immigration reform.
The idea appeals to public sentiment, and it seems like a simple demand.
But what do pundits and politicians mean?
Is a border secure only when no one crosses illegally and when no contraband slips through?
If [...]
by Natalie Rivers
azfamily.com
Posted on June 18, 2010 at 6:37 PMUpdated Friday, Jun 18 at 6:45 PM
Related:
•Arizona seeks dismissal of lawsuit over new law
PHOENIX – Arizona’s controversial new immigration law is set to take effect in just about a month.
That’s also when the federal government plans to slap Arizona with a lawsuit.
Friday was an eventful day [...]
Posted on 11 June 2010 by oscar
Not to be outdone the late segregationist, Alabama Gov. George Wallace, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will go down in the history books as an ardent xenophobe and racist. Brewer’s hatred of immigrants and disregard for the civil rights of Latinos (both legal residents and citizens) have come to fruition [...]
Last week, Maricopa County cut an extra $2 million worth of checks — money owed to detention officers as part of a settlement with the Department of Labor investigation into allegations that the Sheriff’s Office routinely required detention officers to check in for meetings before they’d clocked in.
But, bizarrely, when county administrators informed Sheriff Joe [...]
GLENDALE – Prescott City Councilman Steve Blair has said he does not understand why there is a “black guy” on the mural when, according to him, Prescott has never had a “culture problem.”
He thinks the mural is political and meant to make race an issue where no issue existed before. His comments already cost him [...]
Click here for video: http://www.facebook.com/v/1435503039960
In my view I think the real revolutionaries are not the ones that sit in an AC cooled room spewing hatred through the net. I feel the real soldiers are those that I met today that marched to Chase Field in 108 degree weather to show their discontent with the Diamond [...]
It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer.
It’s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn’t so dangerous after all.
The top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of [...]
