Republican Tim James is running for governor of Alabama, and he is no fan of foreign languages and especially people who drive without knowing how to speak English. In this ad, he arrogantly announces, “This is Alabama. We speak English. Read More …

Some rabid right-wingers are actually saying reasonable things about Arizona’s new “papers please” law. Tom Tancredo is worried that it might encourage racial profiling. No, hell has not frozen over yet. The anti-immigrant former Congressperson from Colorado does support the Read More …

Do you know what an “illegal immigrant” looks like? Neither does Governor Jan Brewer, but she signed the draconian SB 1070 anyway, which would mandate that law enforcement officials apprehend undocumented immigrants just based on “reasonable suspicion.” A reasonable suspicion Read More …

Last week saw highly unusual anti-immigrant behavior. Maybe it can be explained by 4/20 or climate change, but if there is any doubt that this country needs a completely new discourse on immigrants and immigration reform, these offenders can put Read More …

Originally posted at Alternet SB 1070, which makes being undocumented a crime, shows us that we are becoming a country that asks for “your papers, please” much like in Nazi Germany where “Papiere, Bitte” meant the same in German. Despite Read More …