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Russell Pearce Distances Himself From Mass Shooting In Arizona

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 05.03.2012

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Ousted Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (R) tried to distance himself on Wednesday from a former anti-unauthorized immigration ally J.T. Ready, who a...

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Report: Border-Watch Groups Shrink To Almost Half

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Immigrants, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Arizona Immigration Law, Minutemen, Illegal Immigration, Video, Latino Voices News

They used to be in the evening news on our TV’s, day in and day out: in any of the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, they...

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Right-Wing Blogger Denies That He Inspired Shocking Militia Plot

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN and JAY REEVES | Posted 01.03.2012

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On his website, militia leader-turned-blogger Mike Vanderboegh writes about fed-up Americans responding to government violenc...

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Cristina Costantini

Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Spike As Immigration Debate Rages

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 12.17.2011

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Juan Varela was shot in the neck in his front yard in Phoenix, Ariz., last May by his neighbor Gary Kelley. Moments before killing Varela in front of ...

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Immigration North of the Border

Hazeen Ashby | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Global Magnet, Economy, Jobs, Economic Growth, Immigration, Canada, SB 1070 Law, Arizona, Democrats, Legal Status, Moderates, DREAM Act, Minutemen, Tea Party, Immigration Policy, Republicans, Senator Orrin Hatch, Mexiso, Politics News
Hazeen Ashby

Rather than the American conservative mantra that one more immigrant means one less American job, Canada has pegged immigration to economic growth and has attempted to make the nation a global magnet for talent.

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Elise Foley

Anti-Immigration Vigilante Sentenced To Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Shawna Forde, Raul Flores, Minuteman, Anti-Immigration, Death Penalty, Arizona, Brisenia Flores, Arizona Immigration Law, Minutemen, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Shawna Forde, whom a jury convicted last week of murdering nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul Flores, was sentenced to d...

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Weekly Diaspora: Justice for Brisenia as Minutemen Leader Convicted of Murders

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne filed suit against the federa...

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Elise Foley

Anti-Immigration Vigilante Convicted Of Killing 9-Year-Old Girl And Her Father In Arizona

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- An Arizona anti-illegal immigration activist was convicted on Monday of killing two Latinos during a 2009 raid: nine-year-old Brisenia F...

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Sexual Violence Against Latina Farmworkers is a Hate Crime

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger This week, two high-profile trials involving the racially motivated murders of Latinos in Pennsylva...

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Shawna Forde robbery

AP | BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — Two of three people arrested in a southern Arizona home invasion that left a little girl and her father dead had connections to a Washingt...

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No Federal Help in Arizona, Gov. Brewer? That's a Laugh

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tucson, Green Valley, U.S. Border Patrol, Minutemen, Gov. Jan Brewer, Arivaca, Arizona Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Politics News
Bill Mann

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in signing last week's bill that makes potential criminals out of people with a swarthy complexion, said indignantly that citizens of her state "have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act."

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Are These Guys Really Militias?

Robert J. Spitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Militia, Hutaree Militia, Presser v. Illinois, Militias, Gun Rights, Minutemen, Lexington and Concord, Mike Vanderboegh, Politics News
Robert J. Spitzer

Historic militia groups were fighting so they could one day put down their arms and be governed democratically. One can only wonder if they would greet today's militia wannabes with derision.

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On the US-Mexico Border

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stewart Nusbaumer

Riding on the L-train from Manhattan to the Brooklyn International Film Festival to watch The Minutemen Movie, I was not optimistic. I feared another demonetization of the "bad guys."

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Have We Bottomed Out Yet on Coarseness?

Anne Butterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anne Butterfield

It's not just the parade float of political speech from which the wheels have fallen off. Culture has also shifted hard toward coarseness.

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What Is Santa Clarita Councilman Kellar Proud of?

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Immigrants, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Santa Clarita, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Minutemen, Bob Kellar, San Fernando, Ice, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Six months ago, I received a frantic call from a woman who told me her husband and nephew were hiding inside a warehouse located in Santa Clarita because ICE officers had descended on them.

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"Proud Racist" Remarks Land Local Councilman In Hot Water

NBC Los Angeles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tuesday night's City Council meeting in Santa Clarita is shaping up to be a standoff between supporters of Councilman Bob Kellar and those who say his...

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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan J. Demas

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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CNN, You Can't Have It Both Ways: It's Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

A few hours of serious reporting on Latinos by sunny Soledad O'Brien can't make up for thousands of hours of anti-Latino extremism from the dark Lou Dobbs.

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Immigration Reform's Curtain Call: A Hollywood Happy Ending

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Politics, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Denver, Minutemen, Undocumented Immigrants, Mccain Immigration, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

The illegal immigration debate appears to be taking a sabbatical here in Colorado and much of the nation. The people at the debate's crux remain frozen in a legal purgatory.

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Thanks to Operation Gatekeeper, Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Ann West

Fifteen years of failed immigration policy has not lessened the number of undocumented aliens entering the country and has cost millions in dollars.

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This is About CNN: Anti-Dobbs Movement Not Just Targeting Dobbs

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

Countless journalists have produced reports documenting the falsehoods and fakery that pass for "news" on Dobbs' show. Yet, all we get from Dobbs are half-hearted apologies, lame excuses and more of the same.

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CNN: It's Time to Deport Lou Dobbs

Adam Luna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adam Luna

What else does Dobbs have to do to get fired?

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As Movement Demanding CNN Dump Him Grows, Dobbs Plays Victim

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

Faced with a growing movement of communities demanding that CNN drop his program, Lou Dobbs responded Friday with one of his favorite postures: the victimized defender of American virtue.

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Latinos to CNN: Dump Dobbs Now

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

Latinos are increasingly making the connection between racism in the media and discrimination in their hometowns and concluding that Lou Dobbs is the most dangerous man for Latinos in America.

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"America's Toughest Sheriff" Subject To Possible FBI Probe

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dawn Teo

Sheriff Arpaio is famous for his jails, where inmates live in outdoor tents and wear pink underwear, pink flip-flops, and pink handcuffs.

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