by David Safier We need more of this. ABC's Channel 15 in Phoenix approached the question of SB1070 and racial profiling head on. In a news story, UA law professor Gabriel Jackson Chin said racial profiling is built into SB1070. Chin has written at length on the topic many times before, as I've posted here. … Read more
By Michael Bryan Channel 5 investigates and makes Governor Brewer flee in terror from their questions about links between her key advisors and the private prison industry. Hat tip to Man Eegee for the video link.
By Karl Reiner The Great Recession has sliced through America. Nearly everyone has been affected by job losses, pay cuts, shrunken stock portfolios, skidding home values or evaporating retirement savings. After including the complexities of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in … Read more
by David Safier Can someone tell us if this is an accurate figure? I've never seen a figure that debunks the "Why don't they just come here legally?" myth, so I don't know if this one is accurate. The present system for employment-based immigration allows only 5,000 low-skill Green Cards per year for the entire … Read more
By Jenn This is a picture of me at the Tucson Festival of Books. SB 1070 would require that even here, while taking a picture with the wombat-cat, I could be "spot checked" for my immigration documents. I am not Latina. I am not an illegal immigrant. All the same: SB 1070 terrifies me. … Read more