According to Tuscon Citizen: Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced at a press conference [on Monday] that they intend to appeal an injunction on SB 1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s an example of what a bad AG Horne is going to be. The SCOTUS rarely…
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According to CNN: [A] Utah federal judge blocked a strict state immigration enforcement law Tuesday afternoon. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups issued a temporary restraining order, granting the request by a long list of plaintiffs, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center, after a short…
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President Obama is expected to kick off a series of community conversations on immigration reform. Last year, even when Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House, Congress could not pass the DREAM Act, a bill aimed at providing upstanding young undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship. With Republicans…
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Besides the obvious fact that voter suppression laws (1) drip with xenophobia, racism, and nativism; and (2) continue to suppress historically disenfranchised groups — there is an exorbitant price tag associated with implementing voter suppression efforts. Progressive States.org has an excellent chart showing the projected costs of Voter ID law…
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The EEOC filed suit against Signal International LLC, an oil rig construction company in Gulfport, Mississippi, on behalf of foreign workers recruited for U.S. work on an H-2B visa. The workers were lured to the U.S. to work as welders and pipefitters in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Orange, Texas. The government…
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Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all moms out there — mothers, daughters, sons, fathers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, brothers, and anyone else who has had the honor of serving in the role as “mother.” My mother was 19 when she emigrated from Guyana to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with me, 9 months…
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I am a New York State licensed attorney with a multidisciplinary background in U.S. civil rights law, international human rights law, non-profit management, public policy, economics and international development. My litigation experience has centered on civil rights claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting…
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