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 [...]
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 [...]
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People standing on the Paso Del Norte border bridge watch the police activity below after 14 year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed below the bridge in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Monday… (Associated Press)
Agents detaining suspected illegal immigrants Monday came under assault from rock throwers across the border in Mexico, FBI spokeswoman [...]
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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 [...]
by Joe Ortiz
The latest Rasmussen poll regarding Arizona’s immigration law says it found that 55% Favor Immigration Law like Arizona’s For Their State.
It’s not surprising given that the foundation of all the immigration legislation enacted thus far in various states is based partly on fact and a lot of fiction.
For example, two of the main [...]
Scottsdale tourism leaders are uncertain how deeply the city will be hurt by a backlash to Arizona’s immigration law. What is clear is that canceled conventions and vacations will slow Scottsdale’s recovery from an unprecedented tourism slump, said Mike Surguine, Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau chairman.
“Unfortunately, we took another body blow,” he said of the [...]
Some last minute changes to Arizona’s new law aimed at illegal immigrants are largely meaningless according to one of the organizations that still plans to sue to have it overturned.
SB 1070, set to take effect July 29, requires police to check someone’s immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion that person is in this country [...]
By Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, served as commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1993 to 2000.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Despite the fact that we are a nation of immigrants — or perhaps because of it — immigration continues to be one of America’s most contentious topics. The [...]
PHOENIX — More than a thousand students walked out of several Valley high schools Thursday to protest Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement bill.
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* Watch:1,000 Students Walk Out
The protest was organized via Twitter and Facebook, according to students who left their campuses and headed for the state Capitol.
“Its say’s walk out, everybody walk [...]
Adrian Perez, Publisher, The Latino Journal
Arizona has a major dilemma…either enact the toughest anti-illegal immigration law in the land and be viewed as a police state, or be viewed as a Republican right-winged weakling.
State Senator Russell Pearce has created an international firestorm that has brought much attention to this southwest state of a little over [...]
