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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From Kickstarter.com: Rising Souls, Singing Scorpions is a documentary film by award-winning filmmakers Paul Espinosa and Mark Day about Ramón “Chunky” Sanchez, a southern California musician and community organizer based in San Diego. It’s a moving story of individual perseverance and an engaging tale of how art and culture can…
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From the The Center for American Progress: This week the House Judiciary Committee will be marking up a bill to make E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based system that checks whether prospective employees are authorized to work, mandatory for all employers in the United States. E-Verify is an immigration enforcement tool—it is…
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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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According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Latinos comprise the new majority of those sentenced to federal prison during the first three quarters of 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Latinos comprise about 16 percent of the U.S. population. From Immigration Prof Blog: [A] new government report…
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A federal judge has temporarily put the brakes on the Alabama immigration law from going into effect on September 1. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama, enjoined the enforcement of HB56, the most draconian anti-immigration law in the country: From Constitutional Law Prof Blog:…
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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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Restrictions on the free movement of labor are more costly than any other existing limits on freedom. (5)
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