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The High Price of Being “America’s Toughest Sheriff”: Crime and Spending Soar in Maricopa County
Over the past year and a half, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona has transformed his police department into an immigration-enforcement agency, gaining international publicity in the process. Yet a growing number of elected officials, media outlets, and religious and civic leaders have criticized Sheriff Arpaio’s tactics and their impact on his community. In addition, two independent reports by the East Valley Tribune and the Goldwater Institute describe a Sheriff’s department where crime-solving is down and racial profiling and budget expenditures are way up.
Read MoreScrounging for Facts in FAIR’s Reporting Yet Again
Video by America’s Voice. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released another report claiming that undocumented immigrants cost states much more than they pay in taxes. This time the target was Colorado. As is the case for many restrictionist reports, FAIR’s conclusions are based on dubious “evidence” and assumptions, and often relies upon national […]
Read MoreBig Brother DOJ Rule Expands DNA Collection to Immigrants
For immigrants helplessly entangled in our country’s broken immigration system, Big Brother is watching. Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a shocking new rule requiring federal agencies to collect DNA samples from non-U.S. persons who are detained under the authority of the U.S in a vague attempt to catch criminals. Immigration and civil […]
Read MoreImmigration Remains Top-Tier Issue for New Administration
Gebe Martinez wrote in this week’s Politico that “in presidential transition offices, immigration is cited as a top-tier issue that Obama will have to tackle early in his administration.” While everyone knows the economy is the first order of business, even Michael Chertoff would agree that something needs to be done about immigration especially after […]
Read MoreChertoff and Immigration: Clean House, Dirty Record
The irony of all ironies in the current Administration’s fight against undocumented immigration came today when news broke that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head, and immigration hard-liner, Michael Chertoff, was himself paying undocumented immigrants to clean his house. In fact, according to the cleaning company’s owner, James D. Reid, “workers sailed through the checks.” […]
Read MoreOn this Human Rights Day, a World Made New for Immigrant Workers?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), considered the magna carta of human rights law, has a lot to say about the human rights of workers, beginning with “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”
Read MoreNapolitano’s DHS Move: Lucky Country, Poor Arizona
Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Obama’s pick for head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a border governor who’s been in the eye of the immigration storm. Time and time again, she’s proved that she understands that it is in our nation’s interest to not only secure our borders, but also to provide for […]
Read MoreCIS and NumbersUSA Twist Truth Again
Numbers USA and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) are at it again, completely misrepresenting the number of employment based work visas issued each year and tying it to the loss of jobs in the United States as yet another way to stir up anti-immigrant fervor. Beck writes, “Non-farm employers in the U.S. eliminated 533,000 […]
Read MoreRepublicans Rethinking Hispanic Strategy
Photo by AP. Yesterday a research group in Texas released extensive polling data among registered Lone Star voters, Beyond Bush, Texas Republicans in an Obama era. The report warns the Texas GOP that, “Hispanic voters won’t affiliate with the GOP simply because we insist they really have nothing to complain about and ‘should’ since they […]
Read MoreTexas Driver’s License Policy Ill Substitute for Immigration Reform
Texas recently tightened its driver’s license policy, making it more difficult for immigrants to get an original, renewal, or duplicate driver’s license or state ID card. All applicants must now not only prove they are lawfully in the U.S., noncitizens will also receive a driver’s license that is distinct from that of U.S. citizens. This […]
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