Category Archives: immigration

Sheriff Arpaio To Wage Actual War On Illegal Immigration

Share the post “Sheriff Arpaio To Wage Actual War On Illegal Immigration”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Remember the joke about tyrannical regimes shooting people who try to escape? “Fighting Joe” Arpaio wants to defend Maricopa County, Arizona from the threat of undocumented brown people … Continue reading

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Wherein the British Conservative Party, Like the Republicans, Spreads Irrational Fear and Creates a Crisis from Nothing

Share the post “Wherein the British Conservative Party, Like the Republicans, Spreads Irrational Fear and Creates a Crisis from Nothing”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBritain has an employment problem. Yes, there’s high unemployment, and it’s getting higher. And they certainly have an immigration problem – … Continue reading

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Alabama Finds a New Low to Reach with HB 56

Share the post “Alabama Finds a New Low to Reach with HB 56″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis week, the Southern Poverty Law Center told Yahoo News about calls on their Alabama hotline reporting denial of food stamps for citizen children of undocumented immigrants. Of … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Intended Consequences

Share the post “Morning Awful: Intended Consequences”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIt’s “who could have foreseen the breaking of the levees?” all over again. Robert Palmer on Republican plans for their sophomore session in charge of the Alabama state house: The controversial immigration law, the … Continue reading

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NPR’s This American Life in Alabama

Share the post “NPR’s This American Life in Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWriter Jack Hitt put together a brilliant piece for this weekend’s edition of the show. Work like this is why conservatives hate public broadcasting, and why it is so critically important. Alabama’s … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Arizona Ethnic Cleansing in Progress

Share the post “Morning Awful: Arizona Ethnic Cleansing in Progress”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe State of Arizona is determined to whitewash history by ending all ethnic studies programs. This is ostensibly to support the racial ego of white kids, though of course there’s totally nothing … Continue reading

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“Self-Deportation” is Code for “Ethnic Cleansing, Phase 1″

Share the post ““Self-Deportation” is Code for “Ethnic Cleansing, Phase 1″”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThey didn’t have papers either: “(This bill)…attacks every aspect of an illegal alien’s life…is designed to make it difficult for them to live here so they will deport themselves.” Mitt … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: The HB56 Fix

Share the post “Morning Awful: The HB56 Fix”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Governor Bentley and friends will try to fix our “papers please” immigration law: Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, said in a statement they do not … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Pickers’ Prison

Share the post “Morning Awful: Pickers’ Prison”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI think I understand the Republican Party’s plan for Alabama now. Step one: pass a papers please immigration law and arrest tomato pickers. Check! Step two: put the arrested tomato pickers to work picking … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: HB 56

Share the post “Morning Awful: HB 56″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAlabama’s immigration law creates yet another direct cost to the taxpayer: After confusion and misgivings from some police about how to enforce Alabama’s new immigration crackdown, the state is requiring special training in the … Continue reading

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Alabama’s Immigration Law Full of Features, Not Bugs

Share the post “Alabama’s Immigration Law Full of Features, Not Bugs”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAt the New York Times, Yunte Huang writes about something that is now illegal: picking up a stranger on the way to church in Alabama. That stranger could have been … Continue reading

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