Posted by admin on Apr 22nd, 2011
Reuters, By Tim Gaynor, April 22 2011
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Protesting outside the Arizona legislature this week, Hispanic activist Carlos Galindo was clear about the impact of the desert state’s controversial immigration crackdown made into law one year ago. “It has polarized Arizona,” said Galindo, 51, a talk-radio host sitting with protesters who, along with police who watch over them, have become a fixture outside the Capitol as the anniversary approaches. Controversy is one of the few things Americans can agree on in discussing the crackdown on illegal immigrants, which was signed into law by Arizona’s Republican governor Jan Brewer on April 23, 2010. But some key provisions remain blocked by a U.S. federal judge from taking effect.
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Posted by admin on Apr 21st, 2011
Havoq & Pride at Work, Apr. 21 2011
After 2 years
4 Queer Community Conversations
and many drafts
we finally have a working draft of our Queer No Borders Points of Unity:
Undoing Borders!
Click here to download a version to read on screen: Undoing Borders On-Screen Version
Click here to download a version to print as a double-sided zine: Undoing Borders Print Version
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Posted by admin on Apr 15th, 2011
by Seth Freed Wessler Friday, April 15 2011 Colorlines
The Georgia Legislature last night approved a bill that empowers local police to check the immigration status of any suspect, even those stopped for alleged traffic violations. The final vote in the House came just two hours before the close of the legislative session. The bill, which closely resembles Arizona’s embattled SB 1070, is the first copycat bill to pass through another state legislature. It will now be sent to the Governor Nathan Deal’s desk for signature.
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Posted by admin on Apr 12th, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by The San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Egelko
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco refused Monday to let Arizona require its police to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants, saying the state is intruding into federal authority and harming U.S. foreign policy. In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s decision blocking major provisions of a law that sought to inject the state into immigration enforcement. The Obama administration had sued to strike down the law. State officials indicated they would appeal.
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Posted by admin on Mar 24th, 2011
By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium, Mar. 24 2011
Arizona’s business leaders, frustrated by the deep financial fallout of increasingly radical immigration proposals, successfully swayed state lawmakers into defeating five extremist anti-immigrant bills. New America Media’s Valeria Fernández reports that 60 executives from the likes of WellsFargo bank and U.S. Airways penned an open letter to state Senate President Russell Pearce last week, urging him to leave immigration policy to federal government. Julianne Hing at Colorlines.com has posted the letter in full, but here’s the gist:
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