Immigration

Rally against SB 1070 Saturday

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by David Safier A rally against SB 1070 will be held at Grijalva Headquarters, 452 S. Stone Ave. The announcement for the rally says, "Please bring your signs and tell Governor Brewer that you will not stand for this!"

Grijalva’s Tucson, Yuma offices closed due to threats

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by David Safier Some folks are upset enough about Grijalva's stand against Arizona's anti-immigration bill that, according to the Star, one person called “who threatened to go down there and blow everyone’s brains out then go to the border to shoot Mexicans.” The offices received "multiple death threats and threats of violence." Grijalva staffer Ruben … Read more

Russell Pearce takes no religious or political prisoners

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by David Safier If you're Russell Pearce and Cardinal Roger Mahony says your anti-immigration bill is "the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless anti-immigrant law," how do you respond? [Pearce called] the Roman Catholic leader a "guy who's been protecting child molesters and predators all of his life." "He's the last guy that ought to … Read more

Melvin: Government is about police and prisons. Schools? Not so much

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by David Safier I caught this on NPR around 8 this morning, so I don't have a transcript with the exact quotation. The story was about the police state anti-immigration bill awaiting Brewer's I'm-hoping-but-I-don't-have-much-hope veto. Senators were speaking from the floor before casting their votes. Al Melvin said, basically: This bill is about public safety. … Read more

At what point do you say McCain has lost it?

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by David Safier McCain was in reasonably friendly territory on the "The O'Reilly Factor." O'Reilly was asking McCain about Arizona's anti-immigration bill. And McCain claimed "drivers of cars with illegals in it . . . are intentionally causing accidents on the freeway." Really. You can watch it yourself. Here's the transcript of that part of … Read more