Anti Immigrant

Arizona Tragedy: Former Senate President Has Some Explaining to Do

Mark Potok | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Arizona Immigration Law, J.T. Ready, Neo-Nazis, Russell Pearce, National Socialist Movement, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

Although many details of yesterday's tragic killings remain murky -- including the question of whether Ready killed himself or was shot by one of his victims -- the slaughter once again highlights the ugly nature of America's nativist movement.

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New Law Could Outlaw Foreign Passports As Acceptable ID

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Undocumented Immigrants, Foreign Passports as ID, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Foreign Passports, Immigration, Undocumented Immigration, Georgia, Immigration Law, Immigration Laws, Sb 458, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

They have been beaten time and time again in federal courts. And they still insist. Republican-majority Legislatures in several states continue...

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White Nationalism: A Scourge That Won't Go Away

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Ed Schultz, White Nationalism, White Supremacists, Anti-Defamation League, Cpac 2012, Peter Brimelow, Kevin Macdonald, Sam Francis, Jared Taylor, Southern Poverty Law Center, Jonah Goldberg, Anti-Immigrant, Ed Schultz MSNBC, Politics News

So who, precisely, is Peter Brimelow, and why should the rest of us be concerned when a white nationalist racist like him appears at the same event as Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin?

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At Selma March For Rights, New Generation Of Blacks, Latinos Takes Up The Mantle

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Bv-Politics, Voting Rights, Voter ID Laws, National Action Network, Slidepollajax, Selma March, Anti-Immigrant, Black History Month, Black Voices News

By the time Williabelle Lee was 11, she knew enough about the U.S. Constitution to teach her neighbors in rural Mississippi how to interpret the secti...

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Opponents Of Anti-Immigration Laws In Georgia Find Unlikely Ally In Republican Mayor

The Huffington Post | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Anti-Latino, Latino Politics, Latino Workers, Immigration, Anti-Immigrant Laws, Anti-Hispanic, Hispanic-Workers, Immigration Laws, Anti-Immigrant, Video, Latino Voices News

Those fighting against Georgia’s expanding anti-immigration laws have gained an unlikely comrade in the Republican mayor of a small town in the sout...

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Tell Me With Whom You Walk and I Will Tell You Who You Are

Ruben Gallego | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Jan Brewer, Barack Obama, DREAM Act, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Pete Wilson, Immigration, Obama, Latino Politics, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

In Spanish, we say "Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres" - "Tell me with whom you walk and I will tell you who you are." Mitt Romney walks today with the most anti-immigrant officials in America.

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"El Paisano Mitt Romney" A Bizarre Hypocrisy

Jim Gonzalez | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mexican Americans, Romney, Political Hypocrisy, Tea Party, Latinos, DREAM Act, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

Mitt Romney may brag about being technically a Mexican paisano, but Romney should realize that he and his public record will never really be trusted -- especially by Latino voters.

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Too Much Is at Stake in Virginia for a Blackout in Coverage

Cliff Schecter | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Blue Viginia, Abortion, Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Tea Party, Teabaggers, State Senate, Karl Rove, Bob MdConnell, Dick Black, Cliff Schecter, Terry McAuliffe, Jim Webb, 2009 Elections, Lowell Feld, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Guns, Barbara Comstock, Virginia, Paul Hackett, Ken Cuccinelli, Far Right, Alec, Caren Merrick, George Allen, Tim Kaine, Anti-Immigrant, State House of Delegates, Politics News

With just over a week to go, will we rise to the occasion and help Virginia Democrats keep control of the State Senate?

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Singer Pablo Montero Blasts Anti-Illegal Immigration Laws In U.S.

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Pablo Montero, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Immigration, Latino Voices News

Mexico City – Mexican singer Pablo Montero criticized anti-illegal immigration laws that have been enacted in different parts of the United States ...

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Immigrant Detention Business Is Booming, So Is Abuse

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Latinos, The Geo Group, Geo, Anti-Immigration, The New York Times, Immigration, Private Prisons, Anti-Immigrant Laws, Cuentame, Latino Voices, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

This is the current state of our immigration system, one that puts profit over decency and greed over sensible policy.

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PBS 'Not In Our Town' Documentary Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Cultura, Latino Politics, Marcelo Lucero, Marcelo Lucero Documentary, Anti-Immigrant Violence, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

By Frank Eltman, Associated Press PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English lan...

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Not In Our Town Documentary On Marcelo Lucero Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Video, Cultura, Hate Crimes, Latino Politics, Marcelo Lucero, Anti-Immigrant Violence, Hispanics, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English language class told her that many had b...

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When Biased Talk Becomes Dangerous

Mariela Dabbah | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Discrimination, Anti-Immigrant, Biased Coverage, Latino Voices News

When we allow discriminatory talk to go unchallenged, we are failing to protect those being attacked and ourselves.

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Too Close for Comfort: President Obama Should Meet With Families of Unauthorized Immigrants

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Illegals, President Obama, Illegal Aliens, Cir, Immigration Enforcement, Mixed-Status Families, Immigration, Border Security, Anti-Immigrant, Undocumented, Chirla, Los Angeles News

Now that President Obama has met with influential Latinos, legislators, and community advocates, he should request a meeting with US-citizen families who live with unauthorized immigrant loved ones.

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Arizona's Action on Immigration Fails to Set Precedent

Elena Lacayo | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: National Council of La Raza, Immigrants, Immigration, Sb 1070, Anti-Immigrant, Hb 497, Politics News

Twenty-four states have already rejected the irresponsible approach to immigration reform pioneered by Arizona's SB 1070. Georgia and Utah should heed the warning that nothing good will result from copycat legislation.

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Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order

Noam Chomsky | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: u.s. Egypt, Turkey, Wall Street Salaries, Egypt, Global Power, Iran, Immigrants, u.s. Global Power, Global Order, Election 2012, u.s. Superpower, Too Big to Fail, Anti-Immigrant, Iraq War, Iran Nuclear, World News

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.

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New Lawmakers Get to Work on Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Immigrants, Texas State Legislature, Sanctuary Cities, Rick Perry, Anti-Immigrant, Immigration Reform, State Debt, Immigration Policy, Politics News

Jumping on the anti-immigrant bandwagon may appeal to some voters, but it doesn't come cheap. Anti-immigrant ordinances cost cities and towns millions in legal fees and lost revenues.

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Weekly Diaspora: Anti-Immigrant Hate Crimes Rise with Hateful Political Speech

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shenandoah, American Independent, Colorlines, Sb 1070, Public News Service, I-Word, change.org, Arizona, Somos Republicans, Hate Crimes, Rhetoric, Alternet, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The federal trial of three Pennsylvania police officers accused of covering up the murder of an und...

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No Moment of Silence: Speak Out Against Violent Language and Guns

Warren Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Steve Levy, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Hate Speech, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

I confess. Rather than observing the nationwide moment of silence President Obama called for at 11 a.m. this morning, I wrote this post. Sil...

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My Day Testifying in the Courtroom of John Roll

Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Racism, Assassination, Immigration, Gabrielle Giffords, Right Wing, John Roll, Jared Loughner, Glenn Beck, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Immigrant, Arizona Shooting, Video, Politics News

Roll spent a substantial part of his judicial career in a climate of violence and political extremism, and would die in it too.

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The Year in Shamelessness

Paul Slansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Ground Zero Mosque, Jan Brewer, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, Liz Cheney, Al-Qaeda 7, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Tom Tancredo, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

It seems that the hate-spewing hordes of 2010 have presented us with far more than the usual amount of arrogant ignorance, bald-faced bigotry, and brazen hypocrisy.

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Slideshow: The Ten Best (And Ten Worst) City Policies of 2010

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

In Denver, where three in five students are Latino and many have parents with poor English skills, the school system has taken to the radio waves.

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Latinos, Voting, and Future Elections -- What's Next?

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

While the GOP hopes to attract Latino voters by simply running Hispanic candidates, Republicans will lose out big unless the party changes course and stops demonizing immigrants and Latinos.

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigration Reform Falls to the GOP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Mother Jones, John Boehner, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, New America Media, Immigration, In These Times, The Washington Independent, Alternet, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The precarious fate of comprehensive immigration reform has fallen into the hands of staunch nativi...

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Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Cooley, Anti-Islamic Sentiment, Russ Feingold, Populism, Minnesota, Prop 8, New York State, John Boehner, 2010 Elections, Michael Bennet, Sharia Law, Religious Pluralism, Andy Pugno, Barbara Boxer, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antigay Initiatives, Oklahoma, Iowa Senate Election 2010 Iowa Senate Election, Arizona Immigration Law, Betsy Butler, Iowa Supreme Court, Oregon, Anti-Immigrant, El Paso, Patty Murray, Kamala Harris, Domestic Partnerships, Judicial Elections, Ohio, Money in Politics, Washington State, Citizens United, Marriage Equality, Labor, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, LGBT Rights, Voter ID Laws, Harry Reid, Hawaii, Florida, Bowling Green, Patrick Murphy, Politics News

It is often the least of these who have the most at stake in elections. Nov. 2, 2010, was a night of reckoning for advocates of working people, immigr...

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