Supreme Court to hear arguments over Arizona immigration law

In what is shaping up as Round 2 for the Supreme Court and President Obama, the justices are hearing a highly charged clash over Arizona’s planned crackdown on illegal immigrants and the administration’s effort to block it.  To read more click here. 
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In Arizona, furor over illegal immigration has cooled

 Two years after Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration was signed into law, putting the state front and center in the debate over one of the nation's most controversial issues, the firestorm over illegal immigration has subsided a bit. To read more click here. 
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The anti-immigrant game

Laws such as Arizona's SB 1070 are not natural responses to undue hardship but are products of partisan politics. To read more click here.

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Arizona governor calls Obama immigration change 'outrageous'

Hours after the Obama administration announced a change in immigration policy that would allow some young illegal immigrants to work legally in the United States, Arizona Gov.Jan Brewer blasted the order as “blatant political amnesty.” To read more click here. 
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America's War on Mexicans

Bordering on Revolution:  America's War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far
by Michael Lacey
SF Weekly (June 6, 2012)

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wasn't merely skeptical; he appeared contemptuous of the Justice Department's argument trying to stop Arizona's cops from deporting undocumented Mexicans.

"But if, in fact, somebody who does not belong in this country is in Arizona, Arizona has no power?" asked the incredulous Scalia. "...Are you objecting to harassing the — the people who have no business being here? Surely you're not concerned about harassing them?"

God forbid.

Nor did Scalia suffer cara de culo alone.

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[posted by prof montejano]

Lawyers for Arizona Sheriff file motion to dismiss

PHOENIX - Attorneys for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio asked a federal court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit that claims his office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos in the sheriff's trademark immigration patrols and had a culture ..

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Suburban Man Accused of Driver's License Scheme

August 1, 2010

A suburban man faced federal charges last week after he allegedly drove two undocumented immigrants from Chicago to Albuquerque, N.M., with the promise that they could get driver's licenses without regard for their immigration status.

It all started with an ad in a local newspaper.

Jaroslaw Kowalczyk, 32, of Des Plaines, ran a series of advertisements in the weekly Polish Daily News that read: "Drivers license in the State of New Mexico. Social security not necessary. 100% guarantee," according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.

For a $1,000 fee, Kowalczyk reportedly drove clients to New Mexico — at least a dozen people during recent months — where he helped them get an apartment lease, buy car insurance and take the written and driving tests mandated by the state.

New Mexico requires that driver's license applicants live in the state and show a utility bill or rental lease as proof of residence, according to the state's Motor Vehicles Division.

But unlike Illinois, New Mexico does not require proof of immigration status.

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Post by [Chengwin Saephanh]