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Rep. Lamar Smith Has a Nightmare on the DREAM Act
Someone left an idiot running loose on the hill. After a great op-ed by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) in support of the DREAM Act, Rep. Lamar Smith from Texas (R-21) came out guns blazing against the legislation on The Hill’s Read More …
Racial Profiling 101: Kris Kobach Teaches Reasonable Suspicion
The architect of SB 1070 is now training police officers in Arizona on how to conduct racial profiling, using the pretext of “reasonable suspicion.” Unlike probable cause, “reasonable suspicion” is a legal term that permits police misconduct based on a Read More …
Arizona Governor Signs Bill Making Non-White History Illegal
The state that once banned Martin Luther King Jr. Day is back with a bang to ban ethnic studies and teachers with accents. If there was any doubt about the racial motivations behind SB 1070, look no further than HB Read More …
Organizing for America Ad Outreach to Spanish-Speaking Voters Uninspiring
The Obama Administration thinks they can take the Latino vote for granted in the November elections. Yesterday, Organizing for America released the following Spanish-language ad asking Latinos for their votes in the upcoming elections with no mention of any issue, Read More …
SB 1070: Is Race Just a Smokescreen?
Since its inception, Arizona’s anti-immigrant law has launched heated discussions about racism and racial profiling in a way that we haven’t seen on the (inter)national stage since the OJ Simpson trial. Advocates of Arizona’s SB 1070 are busy defending themselves Read More …