Immigration as Partisanship

By Eugene Robinson
Truthdig
July 29, 2010

Christmas came early for demagogues. The court decision putting a hold on the worst provisions of Arizona’s new anti-Latino immigration law is a gift-wrapped present to those who delight in turning truth, justice and the American way into political liabilities...

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Alt.Latino: Immigrant Songs

JASMINE GARSD and FELIX CONTRERAS
National Public Radio
July 1, 2010

From Bolivia to Spain: Alt.Latino Chooses Six Songs About An Immigrant's Life

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Arizona’s Law May Spark Pro-Immigrant Movement

Valeria Fernández
April 23, 2010
New America Media

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 today, making Arizona the first state in the nation to consider it a crime for a person to be an undocumented immigrant. But the passage of the Arizona law may also have ignited the pro-immigration reform movement...

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Detained Migrant Women Shackled During Childbirth

Thursday 04 March 2010
by: Valeria Fernández | Inter Press Service

Phoenix, Arizona - When Maricopa County sheriff's deputies raided Celia Alejandra Alvarez's workplace and discovered her hiding place, she says they lifted her off her feet and slammed her face into a wall, causing injuries to her jaw and teeth. Later, in detention for having false documents, she says she was not given medical care...

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