Immigration

Ninth Circuit rules for the DREAMers: ‘animus toward DACA recipients … is not a legitimate state interest’

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Our lawless Tea-Publican state legislature and governor just keep racking up losses in court, pissing away your tax dollars on attorneys fees and costs trying to defend their unconstitutional and unlawful acts motivated by their extremist ideology.

brewer_hateToday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals smacked down Governor Jan Brewer for her executive order denying drivers licenses to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) aka DREAMers because her executive order as motivated out of “animus toward DACA recipients themselves, in part because of the federal government’s policy toward them” . . . “Such animus, however, is not a legitimate state interest.” Read the unanimous opinion of the three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Here (.pdf).

the Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports, Court clears way for “dreamers” driver’s licenses, says Arizona policy motivated by animosity:

Calling the state policy motivated by animosity, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ordered that “dreamers” who the federal government allow to work in this country also be issued Arizona driver’s licenses, at least for the time being.

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Happy Fourth of July

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For the Protesters in Murrieta, California who dare to wave the U.S. flag and chant “USA! USA! USA!” while they denigrate everything this country stands for in the world by angrily shouting at refugee women and children “send them back!,” here is a timely reminder on the 4th of July that we are a nation … Read more

SB1070

Will the Real John Huppenthal Please Stand Up?

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SB1070
Protest sign from a Resist SB1070 demonstration in Tucson.

Since Blog for Arizona broke the story, new insights into Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal’s secret life as an Internet troll continue to be revealed as bloggers and journalists study years of online comments.

Between Tucson Progressive blog and Blog for Arizona (BfAZ), there are nearly 400 comments from Thucydides or Flacon9, but there could be more unknown Huppenthal posts out there.

An anonymous tipster now claims that someone with the online name “Thucydides” has made comments on at least one white nation (WN) website. Are BfAZ Thucycides and WN Thucydides the same person? No one knows. BfAZ figured out that Thucydides was Huppenthal by analyzing comments, e-mail address, and IP addresses. Three key findings cemented the identification: Thucydides posted from a Department of Education computer, Thucydides commented from a computer in Japan when Huppenthal was there, and one Thucydides comment was signed by Huppenthal. In the case of the alleged WN comments, the NSA probably knows if they exist and has access to the email addresses or the IP addresses for comparison– but we don’t… yet.

Would it be a big surprise to find out the Huppenthal is sympathetic to white nationalist beliefs? Not really. From his anonymous comments, we already have proof he is a racist– something he has been accused of for many years. Let’s look at his history and his policies.

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“Moderate” Scott Smith blames the President for coyotes and drug cartels

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

Hi there, fellow liberals who persist in believing that AZ Governor candidate Scott Smith is a nice guy and won’t be too bad as Governor and isn’t like all those other lunatics in that primary. Take a gander at Smith’s latest press release (emphasis mine):

For Immediate Release
June 25, 2014 Contact: Drew Sexton
(602) 738-1187
drew@votescottsmith.com

Mayor Scott Smith Calls For Expedited Removal Hearings For Illegal Immigrants; Calls Out Obama Administration For Risking Children’s Lives, Betraying National Security, “Empowering Coyotes, Cartels, Organized Crime”
Expedited Removal Hearings would send unaccompanied minors, illegal adults home ASAP, end “mixed message” to would-be border crossers

MESA—Mayor Scott Smith, Republican candidate for Arizona Governor, today called on the Obama Administration to immediately end its use of parole hearings to keep illegal border crossers in the United States indefinitely, instead calling on the President and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to use the Expedited Removal Hearings process to speed up the removal of the more than 90,000 illegal immigrants who have crossed the American border since October.

“We need to stop putting children’s lives at risk. We need stop betraying the security of our country and we absolutely need to end the mixed message President Obama and Secretary Johnson are sending to border crossers streaming across the Mexican border,” said Smith. “The Expedited Removal Process is legal and humane – and it will put an exclamation point on securing the American border.

“The Obama Administration needs to stop empowering the coyotes, cartels and organized crime syndicates who traffic in human beings. We can’t allow criminals to continue to profit by luring tens of thousands more children and families by giving them false hope. These predators are victimizing would-be border crossers, and the Administration is aiding and abetting that crime. We need to send an unequivocal message not to leave your homeland. If you cross into this country illegally, you will be removed just as quickly as you got here, no matter who you are.”

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Demagogue Cruz misleads on unaccompanied child refugee crisis

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The reincarnation of Joe McCarthy, demagogue Sen. Ted “Calgary” Cruz of Texas (yes he recently renounced his Canadian citizenship, but a
Canuck is forever), spewed this bit of demagogic bile on Monday. Ted Cruz blames illegal immigration surge on hopes of “amnesty”:

Cruz-McCarthyA Texas lawmaker is blaming the actions of President Barack Obama for the recent surge of illegal immigration in the Rio Grande Valley.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott held a joint press conference at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio on Monday morning.

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During the press conference, Cruz blamed an executive order signed by President Barack Obama back in June 2012  for creating the current surge of illegal immigration.

President Obama signed an executive order creating the “deferred action” program giving legal to thousands of people who were brought to the United States illegally as children.

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