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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Restrictions on the free movement of labor are more costly than any other existing limits on freedom. (5)
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The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian Law Caucus and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit [pdf] yesterday challenging Georgia’s discriminatory anti-immigrant law passed last month and inspired by Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.…
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In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld, in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 and its so-called business death penalty for employers who repeatedly hire illegal immigrants. The state law also requires employers to check the federal E-Verify system before hiring new workers,…
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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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