CNN Gives Racist Immigrant Basher a Platform

As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week concerning Arizona’s controversial immigration law, a racist patriarch of the anti-immigrant movement once again found a mainstream platform for his hate-filled, conspiracy-mongering extremism. CNN posted a report th …

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Hurt by Arizona immigration law, Hispanics organize

Arizona landscaper Jose Acosta says he has been pulled over by police in the Mexico border state three or four times for tailgating or driving with a chipped windshield. But really, he believes, it is because of the color of his skin. "They see me brown. They'll pull me over a …

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Arizona's immigration law before SCOTUS this week in case which weighs states' powers and has ramifications for election-year politics

A clash over immigration law will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, pitting the state of Arizona against President Barack Obama in a case with election-year political ramifications for him and Republican rival Mitt Romney. In its second-biggest case this term, the co …

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Minimum Wage and What It Buys You: 1950s to Now

Often looked to as a model era, the 1950s may have been nearly as picture-perfect as Leave it to Beaver seemed to suggest―minimum wage workers could pay rent for a month for less than a week and a half of full-time work―or catch Disney’sCinderella for j …

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Amnesty Urges Halt in Immigration Enforcement; Calls for I.G. Inspection

William Fisher on Amnesty International's new report on human rights violations in immigration enforcement in the southwestern U.S. highlights a culture of cruelty in which harassment & racial profiling are everyday occurrences. Among the many findings, the report illustrate …

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Federal government to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio for civil rights violations in targeting Latinos

The Obama administration on Tuesday said it was preparing to sue Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department for violating civil rights laws by improperly targeting Latinos in a bid to crack down on illegal immigrants. The sheriff's high-profile crackdown on illegal i …

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Immigrant Detention in the United States: Hope and Change, or More of the Same? | North American Congress on Latin America

Ever notice that no one ever listens to the experts? It turns out that there's plenty to criticize about Obama's new detention models, but you'd never know what that really is if you get your news from the MSM.... You'll probably think that immigrant detainees are being coddled …

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IDC Policy Document "Captured Childhood" launches today in Geneva « International Detention Coalition

The International Detention Coalition today, 21 March, 2012, launches its policy document “Captured Childhood” in Geneva at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council. Over the past two years, the IDC has heard first-hand the stories of children and parent …

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Private Immigration Detention Center Released Dying Inmate to Avoid Medical and Burial Costs | Cuéntame | Latino News. Video. Music. Impact

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