For many, the opposite of oppression is not acceptance, it is instead immigration.
Since the founding of the United States, its borders have provided security and home to many who would seek asylum from one form of oppression or another.
One glance across Times Square in New York City, and it is quite apparent that to be an American means that you might be from one of many races, religions, or cultures.
Prior to 1890, individual states regulated immigration into the United States. However, throughout the 1890’s European politics became unstable, restrictive laws…
Despite a backdrop of “rampant illegal immigration, escalating drug and human trafficking crimes, and serious public safety concerns,” a federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday blocked several provisions of a tough, new immigration law from taking effect.
Judge Susan Bolton, a Clinton-appointee, shared concerns expressed by the Obama Administration that the legislation could interfere with federal policy and create unnecessary burdens on legal resident aliens.
The response from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was swift…
Attorneys General from nine U.S. states, and one territory, filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief on Wednesday in the United States District Court of Arizona in support of Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
Michigan is the lead state backing Arizona before the court in the Federal lawsuit – The United States of America v. The State of Arizona and Janice K. Brewer, Governor – challenging the constitutionality of the state law scheduled to take effect July 29.
“My mother was a legal immigrant who faithfully carried her green card with her for years…”
Citing a failure by the federal government to fix a national crisis over border control and illegal immigration, the State of Arizona last week passed a tough new law aimed at equipping law enforcement with tools necessary to protect citizens.
Governor Jan Brewer signed the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” in a decision that she characterized as one “not taken lightly.”
Opposition to the bill materialized swiftly, and critics charge it will encourage racial profiling and harassment of Mexicans in general…
Camp Vigilance, located on an active smuggling trail less than three miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in the high desert of East San Diego County, is home to the Minutemen and Border Auxiliary Patrol of California. Average citizens volunteer to help secure the borders. A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center focuses on the movement’s role in fueling domestic plots, conspiracies and racist rampages…
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