…dissuade immigrants from cooperating with the police, making neighborhoods less safe. Crime rates in Arizona were falling well before Arizona passed this latest legal assault on immigrants and Latinos. According…
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…none.” Hope lies with level-headed Arizona politicians like Arizona lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema, and the new speaker of the Arizona House, Kirk Adams, a conservative Republican who-according to the New York…
Read MoreIn her latest right-wing cheerleading routine, former Alaska Governor/Tea Party Squad Captain, Sarah Palin, shook her political pompoms for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at a press conferences defending Arizona’s controversial…
Read MoreAlmost immediately after Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070 into law, lawsuits were filed in federal court in Arizona challenging the law. The lawsuits all seek the same result—a…
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…summarized well in a comprehensive survey of the available evidence by the CATO Institute. CATO found that Arizona’s two punitive immigration laws—the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) and the…
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In less than 48 hours, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Arizona v. United States, the long-anticipated dispute over the legality of SB 1070. More than any case…
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The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has outdone itself when it comes to shoddy research. In a recently released report on “demographic changes” in Arizona, FAIR utilizes an almost…
Read More…border security than ever before, and violent crimes rates in Arizona have been falling for years. Arizonans, like most Americans, are understandably frustrated by our broken immigration system, but usurping…
Read MoreArizona has made national headlines again. It is not a moment of pride. On Tuesday, the Arizona House of Representatives passed SB 1070, a bill that makes it a misdemeanor…
Read MoreA perfect storm hit the state of Arizona this week. On Tuesday, the Arizona House passed SB1070—a bill which would compel local police officers to investigate people’s immigration status based…
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