Saturday 04 September 2010
by: Amy McMullen, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
After watching Wednesday’s Arizona gubernatorial debate, I noticed a comment on my Facebook page opining that if Gov. Jan Brewer wins the election after her abysmal and somewhat bizarre debating performance, we in Arizona have officially entered the Twilight Zone. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer reprimanded the media on Thursday for pushing the “ugly” and “ridiculous” story of her incorrectly claiming her father died in combat.
Brewer was caught Wednesday claiming that her father had “died fighting the Nazi regime in Germany” by the Arizona Guardian, which correctly pointed out her father died in 1955 in [...]
For the second time since Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070, parents, students and activists asked the Phoenix Union High School District to keep school-resource officers from complying with Arizona’s new immigration law.
SB 1070, scheduled to go into effect July 29, makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states [...]
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From CRNLive Blog May 29, 2010 11:24 p.m.
By Frank M. Miranda
(Phoenix, Arizona)— Today was a great day! I was surrounded by wonderful peaceful people from at least seven states. We were gathered to voice our opposition to the bills passed [...]
¡Alto Arizona! Isabel Garcia from Barni Qaasim on Vimeo.
Isabel Garcia, Pima County Public Defender and Derechos Humanos member speaking out against Arizona’s SB1070. Sign the petition at altoarizona.com and come to the National Day of Action in Phoenix, AZ on May 29, 2010.
On Friday, April 23rd, Governor Jan Brewer joined the ranks of George Wallace [...]
