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Tue12Aug2008

Update on Isabel Garcia : Her Job Targetted by Jon (In)Justice

It wasn't enough for Jon Justice to violate human rights activist Isabel Garcia by sexually assaulting her in effigy. Now he wants to make sure that she can't support herself.Now, according to WOC PhD, Jackass’s efforts to have Isabel Garcia... Read more »

Tuesday, August 12 2008 | 16:30 H

Tue29Jul2008

Arizona Latino Neighborhood Slips Away After Immigration Crackdown

Immigrants are exiting in throngs the Reed Park neighborhood in Mesa, Arizona, leaving homes behind and a ghost town of what was once a bustling Latino barrio. The Arizona Republic reports on what might be one of the first real... Read more »

Tuesday, July 29 2008 | 11:57 H

Fri25Jul2008

Isabel Garcia: Human Rights Activist Dehumanized and Targeted to Be Broken and Violated

Over the last 15 years of my life, where I have been an activist and blogger working with and writing about immigrant issues, being told to go back where I came from (Queens, NYC) and being threatened is nothing new.... Read more »

Friday, July 25 2008 | 13:00 H

Tue22Apr2008

Arizona Bill Seeks to Ban Race-Based Student Groups

When I first got to college, I found myself in a place where there were few people who looked like me. I son got involved in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA). Suddenly, I was busy working on several... Read more »

Tuesday, April 22 2008 | 11:15 H

Wed23Jan2008

Ex-Richardson Staff Lends Support to Obama

Now that the great Latino hope in the race -- New Mexico governor Bill Richardson -- is gone, members of his presidential steering committee, some prominent Arizona Latinos, are getting behind Barack Obama. The Arizona Republic reports that it's Obama's... Read more »

Wednesday, January 23 2008 | 16:28 H

Fri14Dec2007

Hiring Undocumented Workers Just Got Dangerous

It just got tougher to hire an undocumented worker in Arizona. The state has enacted some of the toughest penalties towards business owners who hire immigrants without papers, among them the loss of their very livelihood:In the wake of the... Read more »

Friday, December 14 2007 | 13:57 H

Thu06Dec2007

Arizona Poised to Be the Most Anti-Immigrant State Ever

Anti-immigrant advocates call them anchor babies, children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. By law these children are citizens of the U.S. but a group of Arizona citizens wants to change that. The text of the proposal would ask... Read more »

Thursday, December 06 2007 | 08:08 H

Fri19Oct2007

Virtual Border Fence Ready to Go Live

The first section of a high-tech "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border is just about ready to be switched on. What is a virtual fence? It's a 28 mile stretch of the border armed with heat sensors, radar, cameras and... Read more »

Friday, October 19 2007 | 08:15 H

Wed08Aug2007

Community up in arms over undocumented "hotline"

Community members and clergy in Maricopa County, Arizona are calling for a stop to an initiative by the Sheriff to offer hotlines for reporting undocumented immigrants to authorities:The hotline, they say, perpetuates a climate of fear within the immigrant community,... Read more »

Wednesday, August 08 2007 | 13:48 H

Thu05Jul2007

Arizona Putting the Sqeeze on Companies that Employ Undocumented Workers

Arizona is on the record books for having the most recorded number of undocumented immigrants entering the state. This fact combined with the recent failure of the U.S. Congress to come to an agreement on immigration reform, has led to... Read more »

Thursday, July 05 2007 | 16:41 H

Thu12Apr2007

Sticks and Stones at Arizona - Mexico Border

Reading the headline of a recent article posted on the CBS Evening News website might lead one to envision scores of armed Mexicans shooting Border Patrol Agents. The headline alarmingly reads:Border Patrol Agents Under Attack Violence Against Agents In Yuma,... Read more »

Thursday, April 12 2007 | 10:36 H

Wed08Nov2006

Arizona Voters Say Yes to Anti-Immigration Propositions

Yesterday Arizona voters helped three proposals targetting undocumented immigrants and one English only proposal pass by about a three-to-one margin statewide. Prop. 100 denies bail to undocumented immigrants charged with felonies. Prop. 102 prohibits undocumented immigrants from being awarded punitive... Read more »

Wednesday, November 08 2006 | 08:57 H

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