One of the consistent themes of the Obama administration’s immigration policy has been an hostility to states and cities that attempt to deter illegal aliens from residing in or moving to these areas through legislative means. Nothing illustrates this determination to thwart local authorities more than the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state...
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As we mark the end of the old year and the beginning of something new, it’s wise to take a step back and assess the accomplishments and setbacks of our movement. 2010 was probably the most significant year in terms of advancing the debate over immigration enforcement within the body politic of this country...
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I thought this would be a good time to remind our readers of where SB 1070-the law that sparked both the national movement to crack down on border jumpers and the countervailing movement among its opponents to economically and politically isolate Arizona, led by the Obama administration-currently stands.
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Immigration news never takes a break, but the Daily Rattle certainly did over the weekend, as does our mascot — only for much longer. News both exhilarating and terrifying comes to us from home and abroad: • The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrat (SD) party has thrown that country into political limbo. Doubling their electoral results...
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Hans von Spakovsky has written a devastating piece attacking the report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council by the Obama adminstration, which you can read in its entirety at the Heritage Foundation’s indispensable blog, The Foundry.
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Yet more evidence that the Obama administration’s campaign against Arizona is politically-motivated and not simply the result of constitutional concerns over SB 1070 was revealed today, courtesy of Fox News.
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There is opposition to illegal immigration, even at pro-illegal immigration rallies. On July 8th, the New York Immigration Coalition, a group sympathetic to illegal aliens and supporters of immigration amnesty, held a rally outside the offices of Major League Baseball (MLB). The protest rally was against the state of Arizona and the passage of...
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Now, as I explained yesterday, the state of Rhode Island-thanks to the decisive leadership of its chief executive, Donald Carcieri-has been encouraging its police officers to ascertain the immigration status of people who were detained in connection with unrelated investigations. Of course, this power is the same one granted to police officers in the...
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While the Obama administration’s Justice Department sought an injunction against the state of Arizona for its enactment of SB 1070, and the defenders of the open-borders status quo went to the barricades against what they perceived as an impending pandemic of racial profiling, a quiet revolution in immigration enforcement was occurring across the country...
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An interesting discussion about the federal government’s lawsuit against Arizona, which was launched to halt implementation of its new immigration law, SB 1070. Who made the call? Was it Attorney General Eric Holder, or was it President Barack Obama’s decision to sue the state? Representative Steve King has his suspicions.
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