by David Safier On March 27, 2010, a murder of epic proportions on the Arizona border rocked the very foundations of the state. Nothing will ever be the same. Who can forget the national coverage of the murder, the cries of outrage and the messages of support that poured into our grateful state, still numb … Read more
Posted by Craig McDermott To the joy of nativists all over the country, the Arizona House of Representatives passed SB1070 on Tuesday, which if passed into law would bar sanctuary city policies, require local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws, radically lower the probable cause threshold for traffic stops, make it a crime … Read more
by David Safier Yesterday I posted about a story in the Phoenix New Times reporting that Al Melvin is behind a measure to create a state funded militia posse vigilante volunteer security force on the border. Today, Tim Steller covered the story in the Star. Steller did some excellent reporting in his article. The whole … Read more
Posted by Craig McDermott missed this during my perusal of strikers earlier this week, but it was brought to my attention in an email forwarded from Humane Borders Phoenix. There was a striker to HB2162 heard and approved in Senate Appropriations on Tuesday to create a "Border Security Commission." After my initial scan of the … Read more
by David Safier Russell Pearce and his cronies hate children. It's no big deal for them to cut education to the bone and eliminate KidsCare. But their animus increases when the children have brown skin. To further their extreme right wing agenda, they're willing to sacrifice those children's chances to get an education and potentially … Read more