Tag Archives: immigration

Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann says that Arizona’s new immigration law “codifies existing federal statutes into state law” and “does nothing new.” Except for that whole “Deine Papiere, bitte” thing.

Because he opposes Arizona’s racist immigration law.

Sarah Palin doesn’t like it that an Illinois girls basketball team won’t be playing in an Arizona tournament due to the state’s racist immigration law. Cover your ears, Palin’s voice hits some frequencies only heard by bats.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill banning ethnic studies classes for public school students. Because they “promote resentment” of white people. Gov. Jan Brewer approved the measure without public statement Tuesday, according to state legislative records. The new law forbids elementary or secondary schools to teach classes that are “designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group” …

(Via – Americablog)

Continuing his attempt to bolster his appeal among the teabaggers, John McCain gets all faux folksy in this new campaign pledge to “complete the danged fence.” (And keep out them there danged Mexicans.)

Over on GringoMask.com, Arizona’s Hispanics are invited to print out the above face masks to have on hand should they encounter the police.

Concerned about its impact on tourism, the Arizona cities of Tuscon and Flagstaff are suing their own state government over the recent immigration law. They are the first municipalities in Arizona to approve legal challenges to the law. Earlier this week, proposed litigation in Phoenix took a hit when the city attorney said Mayor Phil Gordon lacks the authority to …

Somewhat overlooked in Friday’s furor over the Democrats’ biometric ID proposal was the fact that the bill also slips in immigration rights for the partners of gay U.S. citizens. Christianists have picked up on that and are, of course, outraged. Not surprisingly, the move has been hailed by gay rights groups and condemned by Catholics. “Today’s inclusive framework is an …

The Arizona Department of Education has begun telling schools that must remove teachers whose English is heavily accented or ungrammatical if they are teaching students who are still learning English themselves. State education officials say the move is intended to ensure that students with limited English have teachers who speak the language flawlessly. But some school principals and administrators say …

According to Sen. John McCain’s just-posted campaign ad, he and his proposed super-fence are the “last line of defense” against Arizona completely being overrun by Mexicans. You know, those brown folks who were there a few hundred years before the U.S. ran up its flag?

At the Billboard Latin Music Awards, yesterday Ricky Martin called out Arizona’s new immigration law as racist. Ricky Martin thinks the new Arizona law is totally loca. The singer told the crowd at last night’s Billboard Latin Music Awards that the legislation allowing police to stop anyone they think may be an illegal immigrant simply “makes no sense.” This being …

Despite the public outcry about the new law in Arizona, Democrats are pushing to force all Americans to carry a biometric ID card. From their immigration reform bill: The national ID program would be titled the Believe System, an acronym for Biometric Enrollment, Locally stored Information and Electronic Verification of Employment. It would require all workers across the nation to …

“Well it all starts with the federal government not coming out with a law. They’ve been talking about it for years and they still haven’t done anything about it. And Arizona is really getting crime-ridden. There’s people coming over, there’s killings all over the place, there’s shootings all over the place. What are you going to do? I mean, are …

Iowa GOP congressional candidate Dr. Pat Bertroche says the government should put microchips in illegal immigrants. Just like we do with dogs at the pound. Speaking at a forum Monday in Toledo, 3rd District Republican candidate Pat Bertroche said police should catch illegal immigrants and document their whereabouts. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that he added, “I can microchip my …

The speaker of the California Senate yesterday asked the Governator to “tear up” any contracts between the state and Arizona as calls for a boycott continue to swell. In another swipe at Arizona and its strict new anti-immigration rules, California Senate leader Darrell Steinberg on Tuesday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to “deliver an unequivocal message” of disgust by tearing up …

You’ve GOT to at least watch Gov. Jan Brewer’s reaction when asked, “What DOES an illegal immigrant look like?”

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)