Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who previously was known as a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, has announced that he may consider introducing a constitutional amendment to not bestow citizenship for the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. The 14th amendment of the constitution grants citizenship to any person born on United States soil regardless of the […]
Nebraska City Decides Against Moving Forward with Local Immigration Ordinance
July 28, 2010 By
As tensions mount over the impending showdown on Arizona’s controversial SB1070, the town of Fremont, Nebraska reversed course on Tuesday night and suspended their local ordinance that was modeled on the infamous anti-immigration measure. As previously reported in La Plaza, Fremont voters approved a ballot measure that was authored by a Republican candidate for Secretary […]
UPDATE: Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Law
July 28, 2010 By
On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked parts of the controversial immigration law in Arizona, better known as SB 1070. The overall law will still take effect Thursday but without provisions that have angered many opponents of the crackdown that is largely seen as anti-immigrant. Sections that will still go into effect include […]
GOP in California Courts Latino Voters to No Avail
July 28, 2010 By
The Associated Press-Univision poll recently released suggests that the Democrats’ historic grip on Latino voters isn’t as strong as it used to be, but don’t count on the GOP to pick up those votes just yet. Hispanics rated President Obama’s job performance 13 points higher in the poll than the rest of the nation. The […]
Cuéntame Update: New Video to Shed Light on Lies About 1070
July 28, 2010 By
Seeking to dispel some of the lies being propagated by the proponents of SB 1070, Cuéntame, the Facebook-based, social networking site, has just released a video on “This is Why SB 1070 is simply WRONG”. In it, news clips of interviews with lawmakers who support the law and making outlandish claims are contrasted with facts […]
Fingerprint Initiative Causes Alarm
July 27, 2010 By
According to an article by the Associated Press, the federal government is expanding a fingerprint program used to identify illegal immigrants upon arrest. The program has not received as much attention as Arizona’s SB 1070 law but it potentially could have a bigger impact. The cities of San Francisco and Washington DC are not supporting […]
UFW Members to Test Arizona Law
July 27, 2010 By
Over a dozen members of the United Farm Workers of America union in Salinas, sans identification, say they will travel on Thursday to Arizona in order to test how police will enforce the state’s controversial anti-immigration law. If a federal judge in Arizona doesn’t say otherwise, S.B. 1070 will go into effect just one day […]
Mexico Braces for Implementation of Arizona Law on Thursday
July 26, 2010 By
As the countdown begins to the implementation of Arizona’s new controversial immigration law, both sides of the border are making preparations for its impact. In Mexico, government officials quietly are bracing for an increase in deportations as shelters along the border prepare for more arrivals. In Nogales, Sonora, on the Arizona border, Maria Isabel Arvizu, […]
No Rulings Yet From Hearings on Arizona Law
July 23, 2010 By
Yesterday, a federal judge in Phoenix Arizona grilled attorneys on both sides of Arizona’s anti-immigration law. A coalition of civil rights groups and the Justice Department both made their case against S.B. 1070 in separate hearings. Both parties called on U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to issue an injunction on the law (set to be […]
Hispanic GOP Group Supports Arizona Immigration Law
July 23, 2010 By
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 […]
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