Category Archives: Citizenship

Virginia attorney general: Traffic stops can be status checks

By doris | Published: August 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Virginia police officers can question stopped motorists about their immigration status, the state’s attorney general has said, adding fuel to a contentious debate over states’ immigration policies in the wake of a controversial law enacted in Arizona. “It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers, [...]

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Arizona appeals — now what?

By doris | Published: August 3, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com From NBC’s Pete WilliamsArizona has now asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for a fast-track review of its request to put a hold on this week’s order by Judge Susan Bolton. Her ruling blocked the state from enforcing the most controversial parts of its new immigration law. The first thing [...]

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CNN Poll: One in four angry over illegal immigration

By doris | Published: July 27, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTickeBlogs.cnn.com Washington (CNN) – Only a quarter of Americans are angry about the number of illegal immigrants in the country, according to a new national poll. But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey indicates that nearly three-fourths of the public are dissatisfied on the same issue. Twenty-three percent of people questioned in the [...]

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Judge mulling fate of Ariz. immigration law

By doris | Published: July 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX — The Arizona immigration law came under new legal scrutiny in a packed courtroom Thursday as a federal judge considered whether the crackdown should take effect next week amid a flurry of legal challenges. Judge Susan Bolton did not issue a ruling after two court hearings stemming from lawsuits brought [...]

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Arizona immigration law sponsor blasts feds over ‘political’ lawsuit

By doris | Published: July 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Arizona lawmaker who sponsored the state’s controversial new immigration law blasted Tuesday’s lawsuit by the Justice Department, saying, “The misinformation out there is outrageous.” Appearing on CNN’s “Campbell Brown” hours after the suit against the state was filed, Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican, said, “The Obama [...]

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Feds sue to overturn Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: July 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in on one of the most explosive issues in American politics, filing a lawsuit to overturn a tough new Arizona immigration law that has sharply divided people along partisan, ideological and ethnic lines. It also asked the federal courts to grant an [...]

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The New Revolutionaries

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at Newsweek.com It’s not just the 4th of July holiday that’s raising memories of revolution. The idea of active anti-government resistance, once the province of the fringe or a mere historical parable, is now a common component of the national discourse. If all the voices actively calling for or raising the specter of [...]

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Clinton comment on immigration law riles Ariz. gov

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she’s angry over comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law. In a June 8 media interview in Ecuador that began circulating Thursday in the U.S., Clinton said President Barack Obama [...]

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Civil rights groups file challenge to Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: May 18, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.BlogsCNN.com (CNN) – (CNN) – A broad coalition of civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit Monday challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, saying, among other things, that the measure violates the U.S. Constitution and will lead to racial profiling. The coalition includes the American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican American Legal [...]

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Palin to Obama: ‘Do your job, secure our border’

By doris | Published: May 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin joined the national battle over Arizona’s controversial new immigration law Saturday, appearing with Gov. Jan Brewer in Phoenix to denounce the Obama administration’s criticism of the law. “It’s time for Americans across this great country to stand up and say ‘We’re all Arizonans [...]

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U.S. split over Ariz. immigration law

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Michael Clausen owns the Quality Inn in Nogales, Ariz. For now. Clausen says the hotel, which caters to people streaming across the Mexican border just seven blocks away, is in danger of closing, thanks to the state’s new illegal immigration law and the official and unofficial boycotts it has inspired.

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Holder: Feds may sue over Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: May 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Justice Department was considering a federal lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law. “We are considering all of our options. One possibility is filing a lawsuit,” Holder told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Possible grounds for the lawsuit would be whether the [...]

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