Copycat of Arizona's immigration status bill has passed the Mississippi Senate by a vote of 34-15. The difference here is that there is a precondition with the immigration status check. Though selection cannot be based on race, color, or country of origin but ability to English can cast enough suspicion to warrant a check on immigration status.
posted by azileretsis
on Jan 20, 2011 -
73 comments
On July 28, Federal District Court
Judge Susan Bolton issued an
injunction (link to pdf of court order) blocking
several portions of the recent immigration bill
SB1070, which was passed on April 23.
(Previously on Metafilter.)
Among other provisions, the bill would have allowed Arizona police officers to demand proof of immigration status of people suspected of being in the country illegally pursuant to a legal police stop.
Most importantly, the federal ruling blocked the portion of the law that would have allowed police officers to demand proof of legal status.
Opponents of the law, who had already planned demonstrations yesterday, the first day the law was set to take effect, reportedly view the ruling as a victory, though partial and perhaps temporary.
Proponents of the law are predictably
unhappy with the ruling, and react with
disappointment.
posted by diocletian
on Jul 30, 2010 -
127 comments
"In our need to restore our sense of self-control are we actually going to reward politicians who are not working to bring us together, but instead are forsaking America's beautiful 234-year history of diversity?" Another Op-Ed from a national newspaper? No, it's the
note from Bill in this month's
Penzeys Spices catalog (.pdf), introducing a new blend called
Arizona Dreaming, which combines the flavors of South of the Border "in ways Americans love so much."
posted by JoanArkham
on Jul 22, 2010 -
35 comments
Tucson's own
Calexico has made one of their concerts
available (Nuremberg 2009) for streaming and downloading. Calexico's Joey Burns has also been very busy lately with
Artists For Action, an Arizona organization that is actively speaking out
against AZ's controversial SB 1070. Calexico has a
history of hosting benefit concerts in support of various border issues.
[via]
posted by .kobayashi.
on Jul 20, 2010 -
18 comments
Federal and state government officials and border activists say the garbage dumped in the
Sonoran Desert by illegal immigrants and their smugglers is staggering. The cleanup is costing taxpayers millions. The
Southern Arizona Project(pdf) is a multi-year program setup by the Bureau of Land Management to mitigate the impacts to the ecology by illegal immigration and smuggling. In 2006 alone, more than 1.18 million pounds of trash was collected along the southern Arizona border.
posted by netbros
on May 7, 2008 -
22 comments
Just Coffee is a vertically-integrated coffee cooperative with a mission to provide the training and resources to create a sustainable small-scale international coffee company fully owned and controlled by the coffee growers. Could they also provide a model
solution for the immigration problem?
posted by carsonb
on Feb 18, 2007 -
17 comments
Deserts are dry? Sue. "The families of 11 immigrants who died [while] illegally crossing into Arizona from Mexico have filed a $41 million claim against two federal agencies, saying the government's refusal to put water out in the desert contributed to the migrants' deaths." Do they have a case?
posted by darukaru
on May 11, 2002 -
53 comments
