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Hispanic GOP Group Supports Arizona Immigration Law

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The Arizona Latino Republican Association (ALRA) has filed a motion in federal court to intervene with the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against SB 1070.   Jesse Hernandez, chairman of ALRA and the son of legal immigrants, says that immigration is a states’ right issue. Hernandez said, “I’m challenging the Obama administration first and foremost. As a […]

MALDEF and Coalition of Civil Rights Groups To Take Up Arizona Law in Court Today

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MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights organizations will ask a judge in Phoenix, Arizona to block the controversial anti-immigration law S.B. 1070 in court today at 10 a.m. PST. The legislation is set to be implemented in a matter of days, but MALDEF along with the other civil rights groups will make the case […]

Arizona Hispanic Birthrate Decreases Following Controversial Immigration Law

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According to the Arizona Republic, the Arizona Department of Health Services has announced that the number of Hispanic women giving birth in Arizona is declining. Since 2007, the number of Hispanic births is down 16 percent, compared to a decrease of only 5 percent for White mothers. Patricia Adams, Assistant State Registrar for Vital Records […]

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Says Arizona Law Will OK Racial Profiling

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Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico criticized Arizona’s SB 1070 for what he says will “ok” racial profiling.  Richardson also said the anti-immigrant legislation could send the country into a “constitutional crisis.” “It is going to lead to racial profiling. Anybody that looks Hispanic is going to […]

Immigration is a Top Concern for Latinos

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The findings of a poll conducted earlier this summer show that the immigration issue is the primary concern among Latinos, and the majority of them will vote only for those candidates who back immigration reform. The poll was conducted by LatinoMetrics during the last week of May and the first two weeks of June, 2010.  […]

Utah Governor to Hold Roundtable on Immigration Reform

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The immigration issue is heating up in Utah.  Just a day after reports that an anonymous group circulated the names of over a thousand Utah residents it claimed are in the country illegally, Gov. Gary Herbert announced a statewide roundtable next week on immigration reform. As reported in La Plaza, the list contains very detailed […]

Utah Group Circulates Confidential Information on List of 1,300 Claimed to Be Undocumented

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Media outlets and law enforcement in the state of Utah have received a list of 1,300 names of residents which an anonymous group claims are undocumented immigrants.  The list which is almost exclusively comprised of Hispanic names contains very detailed information including social security numbers, addresses, names of children and due dates for expectant mothers. […]

Donors Contribute $500,000 to Defend Arizona Anti-immigration Law

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A fund created by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to defend the state’s anti-immigration law grew to nearly $500,000 in the days following the announcement of a federal lawsuit. Established by an executive order on May 26, the Governor’s Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund had received well over half of nearly 10,000 online donations […]

Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah May Follow Arizona’s Immigration Law

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Despite the fact that earlier this week, the US Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Arizona to stop enactment of its new law, SB 1070, Legislators in at least 17 other states are pursuing similar pieces of legislation. However, most of these measures are not considered likely to pass. Yet the political […]