by David Safier A little more than a week ago, I wrote a post, Mormons split on SB 1070, about Mormons in Utah and Arizona who object to anti-immigrant legislation in both states. Utah has about 100 Spanish speaking Mormon congregations, and the estimate is that 50% to 70% of the members are undocumented. I … Read more
by David Safier Public schools desperately want to stay out of the immigration battles. Administrators and teachers just want to educate the kids who walk through their school house doors and into their classrooms. I could almost hear the collective sigh of relief when the bill died that said schools have to collect data on … Read more
by David Safier Originally the resolution by the San Diego school board was going to include a travel warning. After all, "About 44 percent [of the students] are Hispanic and 75 percent are ethnic minorities." Those foolish kids sometimes forget to carry their papers when they go out, and without papers, who can tell a … Read more
by David Safier The anti-Ethnic Studies bill just signed by the Accidental Guv would have gotten little more than passing notice in the national press if it didn't come on the heels of SB1070. But the bill is getting plenty of negative attention (Arizona did it again!) and TUSD is getting positive attention for its … Read more
by David Safier I've read every word of SB1070 as well as HB2162, which amends SB1070, putting sheep's clothing on the wolf-like original bill. Legal minds have said they can't quite decide on the meaning of every section of the law, which tells me it's either poorly written, or it purposely gives wiggle room for … Read more