by David Safier One of these days Mitt will figure it out. Instead of coming up with different positions for different days of the week, he'll just start answering "All of the above." Kris Kobach, the brains behind SB1070, used to call himself an adviser on immigration issues for Romney. That was back when Romney … Read more
by David Safier Get ready for Mitt to go soft on Hispanics after drawing a very hard line in the sand, and on the border. He's distancing himself from Kris Kobach, the brains behind Russell Pearce's SB1070 (You knew there had to be someone with brains behind it, right?) It wasn't always so. In January, … Read more
By Michael Bryan
Not.
Arizona's own Goebbels, Russell Pearce, is now attempting to raise money for Ban Amnesty Now using the phase-out of the 287(g) program as a panic button.
What Pearce fails to mention is that DHS is also rolling out a new program, Secure Communities, which accomplishes the same immigration status checks on all persons booked in local jails across 15,000 jurisdiction in 44 states (whereas 287(g) is only in about 60 jurisdictions), without the liability and constitutional violations created by unleashing xenophobic hate-baters like Sheriff Joe Arpaio on an innocent public.
Let's have a look at Pearce's fundraising pitch:
by David Safier Conflicting Mormon views on immigration continue to cause political ripples. The Mormon Church's acceptance of the principles in the Utah Compact and the backlash against Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant policies have been the clearest recent examples. Here's another, a Latino Mormon movement against supporting Romney's presidential bid. [T]wo decades after her conversion while … Read more
Posted by Bob Lord If I could wave a magic wand over all immigrant kids and confer legal status with a clear path to citizenship on them, I would. In a heartbeat. But I’m really not comfortable with the DREAM Act. There are some positions I took during my campaign that I’m less than proud … Read more