Graham Looks to Introduce Birthright Citizenship

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 immigration [...]

MALDEF and Coalition of Civil Rights Groups To Take Up Arizona Law in Court Today

MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights organizations will ask a judge in Phoenix, Arizona to block the controversial anti-immigration law S.B. 1070 in court today at 10 a.m. PST.
The legislation is set to be implemented in a matter of days, but MALDEF along with the other civil rights groups will make the case for [...]

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Says Arizona Law Will OK Racial Profiling

Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico criticized Arizona’s SB 1070 for what he says will “ok” racial profiling. 
Richardson also said the anti-immigrant legislation could send the country into a “constitutional crisis.”
“It is going to lead to racial profiling. Anybody that looks Hispanic is going to be racially [...]

Immigration is a Top Concern for Latinos

The findings of a poll conducted earlier this summer show that the immigration issue is the primary concern among Latinos, and the majority of them will vote only for those candidates who back immigration reform.
The poll was conducted by LatinoMetrics during the last week of May and the first two weeks of June, 2010.  It [...]

Guest Blogger Series: Roy Germano on “The Other Side of Immigration”

The Other Side of Immigration is an hour-long documentary film that I shot and directed in the Mexican countryside while collecting data for my doctoral thesis. Based on over 700 interviews, the film poses some basic questions to the residents of various “high-emigration” Mexican communities: Why do so many people from your town leave [...]

Utah Governor to Hold Roundtable on Immigration Reform

The immigration issue is heating up in Utah.  Just a day after reports that an anonymous group circulated the names of over a thousand Utah residents it claimed are in the country illegally, Gov. Gary Herbert announced a statewide roundtable next week on immigration reform.
As reported in La Plaza, the list contains very detailed information [...]

Utah Group Circulates Confidential Information on List of 1,300 Claimed to Be Undocumented

Media outlets and law enforcement in the state of Utah have received a list of 1,300 names of residents which an anonymous group claims are undocumented immigrants.  The list which is almost exclusively comprised of Hispanic names contains very detailed information including social security numbers, addresses, names of children and due dates for expectant mothers.
Utah’s [...]

Donors Contribute $500,000 to Defend Arizona Anti-immigration Law

A fund created by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to defend the state’s anti-immigration law grew to nearly $500,000 in the days following the announcement of a federal lawsuit.
Established by an executive order on May 26, the Governor’s Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund had received well over half of nearly 10,000 online donations in [...]

Justice Department Sues Arizona Over Anti-Immigration Law

After much anticipation and speculation that a suit was eminent, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this afternoon that it was filing a lawsuit against Arizona asking a federal judge to declare the state’s new anti-immigration law, SB 1070, as unconstitutional and strike it down. The defendants are named as the state and Arizona Gov. [...]

President “Ready to Move Forward” on Immigration Reform

In a major national speech, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to passing comprehensive immigration reform but cautioned that it would only happen with support of Republican lawmakers.
Acknowledging that our national immigration system is broken, the president outlined a number of components that need to be addressed in an overhaul bill.  To illustrate the problems [...]

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