immigration
Alabama Gov. Rob Bentley signed into law Thursday an immigration bill that many say makes the Arizona law that raised such a ruckus look soft.
Court challenges abound to a rash of state immigration laws, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently made two decisions that do not seem to bode well for those who oppose the tougher state standards.
By Miguel R. Salazar
As security along the southwest border continues to be a cause of concern, those on one side of the immigration debate have turned to vigilantism to further their agenda. This week, Shawna Forde, the leader of the Minutemen American Defense Group, was found guilty of orchestrating a home invasion back in the summer of 2009 that left a nine-year-old and her father dead. The victims, both Latino, seem to have been targeted because they were migrants.
Religion and politics, the bane of cocktail party chatter, offer some insight into those imprecise terms “liberal” and “conservative” in news from the great state of Utah.
A federal court ruling moved the battle between Arizona and the federal government back to the front page this week.
Predictable fallout from the decision by Judge Susan R. Bolton included rallies and protests in Arizona and throughout the country, a quick appeal by the Arizona governor and word from other states that they plan to move ahead with legislation similar to Arizona’s — despite the ruling.
Some folks do not spend a lot of time thinking about the cache that comes with U.S. citizenship. So, it’s understandable that when some people do, they conclude that it ought not apply to just anyone.
And so, the immigration battle comes into play.
Even before Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer lifted her pen after signing the state’s new immigration law, the debate over its value and legality started.
The law includes measures designed to stem the tide of illegal immigrants in a state plagued by that.
In August 2007, iCitizenForum interviewed Manny Hidalgo, Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Corporation in Washington, D.C. The full interview can be viewed here.
In the above clip Manny explains to us that when the rights of one group are under threat, the rights of all of us are under threat.
