From ImmigrationProf Blog: Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, Thomas Perez, issued a letter to Alabama school districts reminding them of their obligation under federal law that a state may not deny a child equal access to public education based on his…
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From ImmigrationProf Blog: Lots of troubling news from Alabama, which is the “new” Alabama when it comes to civil rights. AP reports that “Spanish-speaking parents say their children are facing more bullying and taunts at school since Alabama’s tough crackdown on illegal immigration took effect last month. Many blame the…
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From the Christian Science Monitor: Farmers fearing a labor shortage are protesting recent immigration laws they say are too harsh, forcing undocumented workers to flee to prevent deportation. They say US workers are unwilling to endure the rigorous conditions of farm work and that state legislators need to come up…
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From Immigration Prof Blog: In an interesting online article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Robert Castro [pdf] analyzes how imageries based on the historical typification of Indians have been projected onto Latina/o immigrant populations that are in the United States without proper documentation. [He] also explore[s] the…
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The Immigration Policy Center has released two “Perspectives” on border enforcement: How to Fix a Broken Border: Hit the Cartels Where It Hurts, part one of a three-part series by Terry Goddard, former Arizona Attorney General, and Guns, Drugs, and Money: Tackling the Real Threats to Border Security, by Josiah…
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Barely out of college, working my first post-college gig at WNBC-TV as a web developer, I was twenty-two years old when the attacks on 9/11 happened. Notwithstanding the overwhelming intelligence available to prevent these well-plotted attacks, the 9/11 plot went on as scheduled, precipitating the lost decade. The attacks precipitated…
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From Restorefairness.org: Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side. Maria’s chilling…
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Latinos comprise at least 14.9 percent of Alabama’s population, not counting the high number of undocumented immigrants. Gov. Bentley, trumpeting his anti-immigration xenophobic bona fides, signed into law HB56 — the most draconian, unconstitutional immigration bill in the U.S., surpassing Arizona’s SB1070. The state’s businesses are bracing for an economic…
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