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Lack of Difference Between Secure Communities And Arizona’s SB 1070
May 8, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online | HS News Network
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-awaited response to last year’s report from the Secure Communities Task Force. Secure Communities, the Obama Administration’s signature immigration enforcement program, has been fiercely criticized by law enforcement experts, state governors and legislatures, continue reading »
Arizona Latinos Take to the Street Protesting Deportations and Racism
May 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Members of the Hispanic community of southern Arizona marched through the streets Tuesday to demand an end to the deportations and racism provoked by state laws like SB 1070. continue reading »
What’s At Stake: SB 1070 at the Supreme Court
April 25, 2012 | by American Civil Liberties Union | Notitas de Noticias
SB 1070 is Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant law. After the law passed in 2010, two dozen copycat bills were introduced in state legislatures across the country; five passed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah. The ACLU and a coalition of civil rights organizations have filed lawsuits in all six states. continue reading »
OPINION: Arizona Immigration Law Targets Immigrant Women and Their Families
April 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Today as the Supreme Court holds hearings to determine the constitutionality of the nation’s most controversial state immigration law, Arizona’s SB 1070. The National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights (NCIWR) issued an opinion statement as follows: continue reading »
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on SB1070- Join the Team to Help Spread the Word
April 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
This week, all eyes will once again be on SB 1070. Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Arizona law and will soon decide whether to strike it down forever, or open the door to Arizona laws across the country. Exactly two years ago , Governor Jan Brewer signed Arizona’s now-infamous “show me your papers” anti-immigrant legislation -- SB 1070 -- into law. continue reading »
Activists Prepare for Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona’s SB 1070 Immigration Law
March 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Defenders of immigrants' rights on the national level are preparing to respond immediately to the Supreme Court ruling on the future of Arizona's harsh immigration law. continue reading »
Arizona Immigration Law Dealing with Day Laboers Partially Blocked by Court
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Arizona’s immigration law, SB1070, which became effective on July 2010, was partially blocked due to an immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic for day service on the streets. continue reading »
Utilities Turned Off in Homes of Alabama’s Undocumented Immigrants
November 10, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
A utilities provider in Alabama has begun turning off water, electric, and gas services to homes that cannot confirm they are legal residents of the United States. continue reading »
Legal Fund for Arizona’s SB 1070 Sees Donations from Across U.S., but Not Much From Arizona
November 1, 2011 | by Cronkite News | Notitas de Noticias
When Arizona’s controversial immigration law SB 1070 caught the public’s attention, the state had to defend itself against the law’s passing in a court of law against those who claimed it was racist and unfair. continue reading »
National Latina Institute Stands with Georgia’s Immigrant Women & Children
September 29, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), a founding member of the National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights, stands in solidarity with immigrant women and children as part of the “We Belong Together: Women’s Delegation to Georgia”. continue reading »
AZ Governor Jan Brewer Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Hold on SB1070
August 10, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer fulfilled her promise to fight for the enactment of SB 1070, the state’s strict immigration bill, in its totality all the way to the Supreme Court. Late today she filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to overturn a lower state court ruling that put on hold on certain portions of the bill. continue reading »
Unwarranted Arrest of Civil Rights Attorney Brings Sheriff Joe Arpaio Another Lawsuit
July 31, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
A year after Sunita Patel, a civil rights attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), was arrested while documenting law enforcement activity during protests against Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law, CCR and Patel jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court in Arizona against Maricopa County, Sherriff Joe Arpaio, continue reading »
Hackers Known as LulzSec Aren’t Fans of Arizona’s Anti-Immigration Law, Release Documents
June 27, 2011 | by Newser | Notitas de Noticias
The now-famous LulzSec hackers have taken aim at Arizona, and the state’s controversial immigration legislation. Not fans of Arizona’s SB1070, which was signed into law last year, continue reading »
Hispanic Republican Group Urge Porsche to Boycott Georgia in Light of Anti-Immigrant Laws
May 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Somos Republicans, a national watchdog group and the largest Hispanic Republican grassroots organization, is urging Porsche North American to reconsider its decision to build a new headquarters facility in the state of Georgia. continue reading »
The State of Arizona Decides to Take their SB 1070 Appeal Directly to the US Supreme Court
May 10, 2011 | by Christian Science Monitor | Notitas de Noticias
Gov Jan Brewer has decided to take the state of Arizona's case to the US Supreme Court. Brewer is seeking the courts opinion on whether US District Judge Susan Bolton acted correctly when she issued her injunction in continue reading »
Arizona Vote in Country’s First Presidential ‘Birther’ Bill
April 15, 2011 | by MSNBC | Notitas de Noticias
Late last night Arizona’s legislature voted in the country’s first ‘birther’ bill requiring all Presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state’s election ballot. continue reading »
Immigration in the 21st Century and the Browning of America
April 12, 2011 | by Paulina Jaramillo at HS News | Notitas de Noticias
According to the 2008 American Community Survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 38 million foreign-born persons residing in the United States. Although in absolute numbers this represents the highest figure ever, it amounts to only 12.5 percent continue reading »
The Economic Impact of Legalization Versus Deportation in Arizona
March 26, 2011 | by Center for American Progress | Notitas de Noticias
Our national debate over urgently needed immigration reform is now careening through our state legislatures, city halls, and town councils due to political gridlock at the federal level. continue reading »
Students, Law Officials Join to Testify Against Anti-Immigration Bills in TX
March 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Immigration News
This week, over two dozen Hispanic Texas students arrived at the state capital to testify against a number of new anti-immigration bills that mirror Arizona’s. The students met at the Mexican American Legislative Caucus’ offices continue reading »
Effort to Defeat Anti-Immigrant Bill 287(g) in Iowa
February 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
There are two proposed laws pending in the Iowa legislature, to give police power to enforce immigration laws in every Iowa County, allow any public employee to share information with ICE, continue reading »
