Tomorrow, President Obama will be traveling to El Paso, Texas to reignite the debate over immigration reform. El Paso, ranked the safest city in America, is one of our larger border cities. For years the GOP has tried to paint these border cities as a hot bed for crime, and today it continues with John […]
Yesterday the Democrats released the outline for immigration reform, but there is something missing. The issue, which goes to the heart of the matter, is the hiring of illegal immigrants. Under current laws the fines for businesses that hire illegals is laughable. It’s such a small amount that the fines actually becoming nothing more than […]
Our own version of Sheriff Joe Arpaio is suffering from penis envy over Arizona’s new immigration laws: In response to the Ohio governor’s vow to veto any Arizona-like immigration legislation, Butler County’s sheriff and a local lawmaker say they’ll take the issue directly to voters. Sheriff Richard K. Jones announced today, April 29, he will […]
This week a local tea party leader made news by tweeting about shooting immigrants. Now that same tea bagger is wanted by police: Police are searching for a local Tea Party leader in Ohio who is wanted for violating a temporary protection order. Meanwhile, speakers at a Tea Party rally organized by the man, Brian […]
It looks like the Hispanic population is all on board with completing their census forms: What boycott? Close to 9 in 10 Hispanics say they intend to participate in the 2010 census, with immigrants more likely to say the government count is good for their community and that personal information will be kept confidential, according […]
A FOIA request from the ACLU has uncovered some really disturbing facts of inmate deaths inside our immigration jails: As one man lay dying of head injuries suffered in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2007, for example, a spokesman for the federal agency told a reporter that he could learn nothing about the case […]
There is a saying about people in glass houses not throwing stones. The Republican Party has put themselves on such a high platform over the years, it’s no wonder the entire thing is crumbling down around them. The latest from their conservative icon: A former California Republican Party official who resigned last year in a […]