May 12, 2010 41 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
World Net Daily: BORN IN THE USA? Investigators: Obama using Connecticut Soc. Sec. Number 3 experts insist White House answer new questions about documentation Two private investigators working independently are asking why President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the ...
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Los Angeles Times: Gov. Jan Brewer signs the bill that bans schools from teaching classes designed for students of a particular ethnic group. School districts may appeal the law, which becomes effective Dec. 3 A bill that aims to ban ethnic studies in Arizona schools was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jan Brewer, cheering critics who ...
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GENEVA (AP) - Arizona's new law on illegal immigration violates international standards that are binding in the United States, six U.N. human rights experts said Tuesday. The basic human rights regulations, signed by the U.S. and many other nations, relate to issues such as discrimination and the terms under which a person can be detained, the ...
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Danny Glover, Andy Stern The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will turn its attention from healthcare to immigration reform ahead of the 2010 midterm elections. “We are stepping up our immigration reform efforts as a union-wide national campaign the same way we did for healthcare,†Javier Morillo, the union immigration campaign director, told The Ballot Box. “We ...
Continue ReadingMay 10, 2010 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
PHOENIX (AP) - The two proposed referendum drives challenging Arizona's new sweeping law targeting illegal immigration are being abandoned, organizers said Monday. Andrew Chavez, a professional petition circulator involved in one of the efforts, said its backers pulled the plug after concluding they might not be able to time their petition filings in such a way ...
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Washington Times: A controversial law passed in Arizona giving state and local police the right to arrest anyone reasonably suspected of being an illegal immigrant is catching on nationwide, with lawmakers and others in several states considering similar legislation. Concerned about the federal government's failure to secure the nation's borders, legislators and political candidates from Georgia to ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- About 200 protesters squared off with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over Arizona's tough new immigration law before he spoke to a conservative group in Las Vegas. For about 20 minutes Friday, the sheriff stood just feet from protesters outside Stoney's Rockin' Country bar and dance hall as demonstrators yelled "Arpaio go ...
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SEATTLE (AP) -- A video showing Seattle police officers stomping on a man's head and body and using a racial epithet has prompted an internal investigation by authorities and disgust from the mayor. One of the officers involved, a 15-year veteran, apologized at a Friday night news conference for his "hateful words." The incident occurred as Seattle ...
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ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Three headless bodies showing signs of torture were found just outside Acapulco and the bodies of five other men with multiple gunshot wounds were discovered in a car north of the Pacific resort, police said Saturday. Police in the southwestern state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, said the three beheaded men ...
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Fox News: A California high school principal has apologized for telling five students they couldn't wear U.S. flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo, the local superintendent said Friday. Tensions at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill had risen in the wake of the decision to forbid the shirts, as the students who wore the shirts defended ...
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