Ex-Alaskan governor Sarah Palin joined Arizona Governor Jan Brewer in Phoenix at a press conference on Saturday to kick off securetheborder.org, a web site Brewer hopes will combat the negative publicity around her state’s new anti-illegal immigration law. The one time vice presidential candidate placed the blame for the tough new law on the White […]
Cuéntame Update
“My first name is Greek, my last name is Basque. My parents are from Puerto Rico, and I was born in New York City…Do I look Illegal?” Or so asks actor and producer Hector Elizondo in Cuentame’s latest “Do I look Illegal” video. Click here to see it or sign their petition opposing Arizona’s new […]
Los Angeles Boycotts Arizona
Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city, voted in a council resolution on Wednesday to engage in a boycott of doing business with the state of Arizona. The resolution, sponsored by Council members Ed Reyes and Janice Hahn, was meant to protest the state’s recent passage of a controversial new anti-immigration law, SB1070. When it goes […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “Arizona: Pariah state or mainstream?
Maria’s response to a new poll by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The poll shows the public broadly supports provisions of the Arizona law giving police increased powers to stop and detain people who are suspected of being in the country illegally. The results of this poll are not surprising in […]
Arizona Update: Gov. Jan Brewer Targets Ethnic Studies
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that would prohibit any school curriculum that advocates “ethnic solidarity.” This bill would specifically target a Mexican-American ethnic studies program in the Tucson Unified School District that allows students to learn in history and literature courses about how particular ethnic groups influenced history. State schools Chief Tom […]
“Complete the Danged Fence”: McCain’s New Slogan
Facing a tough primary challenge for reelection, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appears to be shifting his stance on immigration in a new campaign ad where he is heard to utter the line, “complete the danged fence”. The ad, which can be seen on YouTube, features McCain walking along the border in Nogales, AZ with Pinal […]
US Senator urges Baseball Players Boycott Arizona
Senator Bob Menendez, the only Latino in the US Senate, sent a letter yesterday urging the Major League Baseball Players’ Association to boycott the 2011 all-star game that is scheduled to be played in Arizona because of the state’s controversial new immigration law. Menendez wrote to the Executive Director Michael Weiner: “I ask that you […]
Arizona News Update: Mexican Universities Cancel Their Student Exchange Program
According to The Arizona Republic, two Mexican universities– the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, have halted their exchange programs with the University of Arizona, because of Arizona’s new immigration law. Officials of the Mexican universities said they feared that their students might be harassed if they came […]
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Guest Blogger Series: Vanessa Cárdenas “Sports Teams and Players Stand Against Arizona Law”
By: Vanessa Cárdenas In a perhaps unexpected turn of events for the proponents of S.B. 1070 in Arizona, there has been immediate outrage and condemnation by a range of groups including cities, personalities, and institutions that have expressed their disappointment and opposition to the new law. But what has been most unexpected, though not rare, […]