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 [...]
by Natalie Rivers
azfamily.com
Posted on June 18, 2010 at 6:37 PMUpdated Friday, Jun 18 at 6:45 PM
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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 [...]
AP – Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon stands aside a glass crypt containing the bones of national heroes
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is condemning the killing of an illegal immigrant by U.S. Border Patrol agents as a “truly unacceptable violation” that involved “torture.” He’s also tying it to Arizona’s immigration law, even though the incident took place on the [...]
With the nation’s attention turned towards one aspect of the immigration problem — state legislation like AZ SB 1070 — it’s easy to be distracted from some of the other issues that are impacting undocumented immigrants as a result of our immigration procedures. One of those is the treatment of female immigrants awaiting deportation. It [...]
You have to think that none of this would have happened had John McCain still been living.
It’s been one week since SB 1070 became the law in Arizona, and now 30 percent of the state’s population has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens, and are open to harassment and arrest, all in a [...]
Recently, a certain state that shall remain nameless enacted a crazy-ass immigration law that made it the laughing stock of progressives all over the country and the target of fierce opposition by pro-immigration activists.
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PHOENIX – Arizona’s tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration is dividing police across the nation, pitting officers against their chiefs and raising questions about its potential to damage efforts to fight crime in Hispanic communities.
Two officers are challenging the law in court, while police unions that lobbied for it are defending it against [...]
Arizona’s new immigraion law is just about crime, its supporters say, but given that the state’s new education policy equates ethnic studies programs with high treason, they may not be using the commonly accepted definition of “crime.”
Under the ban, sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer by the state legislature Thursday, schools will lose state funding [...]
– Bars governments and agencies from limiting or restricting their employees from enforcing immigration laws “to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.”
– Requires police, where there is “reasonable suspicion” the person is an illegal immigrant, to make a “reasonable attempt … when practicable” to determine that person’s legal status.
– Contains an exception [...]
On May Day, we’re telling the our elected leaders in Washington DC that we’re not going to wait any longer for them to act. They’ve made promises and pledges – now it’s time for them to keep them. Every day that they don’t pass comprehensive immigration reform, millions of families and communities suffer. Workers are [...]
