Russell Pearce, the president of the Arizona Senate and author of the anti-immigrant bill S.B. 1070, was recalled from office in the Tuesday, Nov. 8 election. The state senator's impeachment follows an intense community campaign to remove him from office. In July of this year, the group Citizens for a Better Arizona collected more than ... Read more
The Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit to block implementation of Alabama's H.B. 56, claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution. The law, which is being challenged by the federal government, would take effect Sept. 1. H.B. 56 is considered the most restrictive of all ... Read more
A federal appeals court ruled that an anti-immigrant city ordinance passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania is unconstitutional. The court ruled that the disputed Illegal Immigration Relief Act usurped the federal government's exclusive prerogative to regulate immigration. The case had been pending in the courts since 2008. ... Read more
Last week I wrote about an incident in which Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) demonstrated his anti-immigrant stance in Avalon, California (on Catalina Island). The congressman confronted a Mexican consul and tried to prevent employees of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles from issuing matricula consular plates to his fellow citizens during ... Read more
I learned about an unfortunate confrontation between Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and a Mexican consul in California who was helping his fellow Mexicans. The news was reported by the Los Angeles Times, but not by the Spanish-language media. The congressman did everything he could to block the consul from helping undocumented Mexicans who ... Read more
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