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Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Thursday with the Court
In: Executive| General Politics| GrassRoots| immigration laws
30 Jul 2010Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Thursday with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge blocked a key portion of her state’s immigration law.
“America is not going to sit back and allow the ongoing federal failures to continue. We are a nation of laws, and we believe [...]
US Congress gives green signal to war funding
28 Jul 2010Tens of billions of dollars in new Afghanistan war funding cleared Congress late Tuesday, even as the House easily upended a liberal challenge to the increased U.S. military presence — and drone attacks — across the border in Pakistan. The back-to-back votes buy precious time for President Barack Obama to show progress on his strategy [...]
2 big racial cases changed policing in Arizona
27 Jul 2010Opponents of Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigration, which takes effect Thursday, are concerned that police will single out Latinos. Today’s Arizona Republic points out that those worries “are not unfounded” in the state because of police operations in 1997 and 2001 that “brought problems with racial profiling to the fore.”
As [...]
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Nicaraguan mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes on the baking sidewalk outside her west Phoenix apartment block.
A few paces up the street, her undocumented Mexican neighbor Wendi Villasenor touts a kitchen table, some chairs and a few dishes as her family scrambles to get [...]
Next week you might see cameras and film crews at some of your favorite spots. Director Stephen Gyllenhaal – yes, Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal’s dad – will be filming scenes for the movie “Grassroots,” a story about Grant Cogswell’s bid for City Council seat number 8 in 2001.
The film is based on “Zioncheck for President,” [...]
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