July 16, 2010
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ has become a hero of the anti-immigrant right for his hard-line police tactics to enforce immigration law in any way that he sees fit -- tactics which have resulted in higher crime rates, thousands of lawsuits, millions of dollars in unnecessary expenses and a reversal of the community-policing strategies that have proved successful to police across the nation. Despite the failures of the Arpaio model, Governor Jan Brewer endorsed it as statewide policy by signing controversial new state law SB 1070. If the federal government’s attempt to enjoin SB 1070 fails and the law goes into effect on July 29th, every police officer in the state will be forced to repeat Arpaio’s failures. In this short report, you will find several examples of Sheriff Arpaio’s failed record.
To read this report, go here.
[It looks like Arizona doesn't even need SB 1070. In one county, they're already doing everything that the bill sought to implement and more.]
[Posted by Emily Solon]
Friday, July 30, 2010
An Arizona Morgue Grows Crowded
TUCSON — Dr. Bruce Parks unzips a white body bag on a steel gurney and gingerly lifts out a human skull and mandible, turning them over in his hands and examining the few teeth still in their sockets.
The body bag, coated with dust, also contains a broken pelvis, a femur and a few smaller bones found in the desert in June, along with a pair of white sneakers.
“These are people who are probably not going to be identified,” said Dr. Parks, the chief medical examiner for Pima County. There are eight other body bags crowded on the gurney.
The Pima County morgue is running out of space as the number of Latin American immigrants found dead in the deserts around Tucson has soared this year during a heat wave.
To read the rest of this article, go here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
The body bag, coated with dust, also contains a broken pelvis, a femur and a few smaller bones found in the desert in June, along with a pair of white sneakers.
“These are people who are probably not going to be identified,” said Dr. Parks, the chief medical examiner for Pima County. There are eight other body bags crowded on the gurney.
The Pima County morgue is running out of space as the number of Latin American immigrants found dead in the deserts around Tucson has soared this year during a heat wave.
To read the rest of this article, go here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
Thursday, July 15, 2010
New Mexico State Takes on Immigration Issue
Jun-30-2010 13:52
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - As the immigration issue continues heating up and shaping US politics in the summer of 2010, New Mexico State University will once again play a role in the debate. Sponsored by the school’s International Relations Institute and Center for Latin American and Border Studies, a summer institute on immigration will take place on the Las Cruces campus during the month of July. The scheduled events include lectures, films, student presentations and sessions designed to come up with working solutions to an issue central to North America's future.
The kick-off event will happen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, at New Mexico State's Anderson Hall Auditorium.
Addressing a timely issue, Arizona scholar Roxanne Doty, associate professor at Arizona State University, will deliver a public lecture titled “It Didn’t Start in Arizona and Of Course it’s About Race.” The author of a book on state laws related to immigration, Dr. Doty will examine Arizona’s SB 1070 controversy within the context of similar legislation sweeping the United States.
To read more, click here.
[Post by Chengwin Saephanh]
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - As the immigration issue continues heating up and shaping US politics in the summer of 2010, New Mexico State University will once again play a role in the debate. Sponsored by the school’s International Relations Institute and Center for Latin American and Border Studies, a summer institute on immigration will take place on the Las Cruces campus during the month of July. The scheduled events include lectures, films, student presentations and sessions designed to come up with working solutions to an issue central to North America's future.
The kick-off event will happen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, at New Mexico State's Anderson Hall Auditorium.
Addressing a timely issue, Arizona scholar Roxanne Doty, associate professor at Arizona State University, will deliver a public lecture titled “It Didn’t Start in Arizona and Of Course it’s About Race.” The author of a book on state laws related to immigration, Dr. Doty will examine Arizona’s SB 1070 controversy within the context of similar legislation sweeping the United States.
To read more, click here.
[Post by Chengwin Saephanh]
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Arizona Domestic Violence Shelters Hurt by New Immigration Law?
PHOENIX - According to experts, one in three women experience domestic violence in their lives.
But because of the immigration issue some of those victims may not be getting the help they need.
"It's definitely still quite a significant issue in our community," said executive Director of the Arizona Coalation Against Domestic Violence, Allie Bones.
The numbers don't lie. Experts say there were 111 domestic violence murders in Arizona last year, spanning all races and economic classes.
"It runs the gamut of all the different types of violence we see in families," Bones said.
But with the immigration issue front stage, Bones sees a new trend.
"The immigration issue is such a significant issue for us because we see where immigration status is used as a tactic to control the victim, to keep her in a violent situation," she said.
To continue reading this article, click here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
But because of the immigration issue some of those victims may not be getting the help they need.
"It's definitely still quite a significant issue in our community," said executive Director of the Arizona Coalation Against Domestic Violence, Allie Bones.
The numbers don't lie. Experts say there were 111 domestic violence murders in Arizona last year, spanning all races and economic classes.
"It runs the gamut of all the different types of violence we see in families," Bones said.
But with the immigration issue front stage, Bones sees a new trend.
"The immigration issue is such a significant issue for us because we see where immigration status is used as a tactic to control the victim, to keep her in a violent situation," she said.
To continue reading this article, click here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
Arizona Law Causes Split for Border Governors
PHOENIX — For nearly 30 years, the governors of the states that line both sides of the United States-Mexico border have gathered to celebrate border bonhomie. They issue proclamations and pledges to work together, air grievances and concerns behind closed doors and pose for the cameras in symbolic showings of cooperation.
But this year the 28th annual conference has collided headlong with Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration, inspiring bitter recriminations among Mexican governors and rancor among some American ones.
To continue reading this article, click here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
But this year the 28th annual conference has collided headlong with Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration, inspiring bitter recriminations among Mexican governors and rancor among some American ones.
To continue reading this article, click here.
[Posted by Emily Solon]
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