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The DAPA and Expanded DACA Case Before the Supreme Court May Be Affected by Justice Scalia’s Passing

February 15, 2016

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has created turmoil in Washington DC and on the Presidential campaign trail. Republicans are uniformly calling on the President to refrain from nominating anyone to fill the...

Cheer Caitlyn, But Learn About Nicoll and Marichuy

June 2, 2015

Much of the world rejoiced yesterday upon seeing the photos of Caitlyn Jenner's exquisite transformation on the cover of the June issue of Vanity Fair. Much of the commentary I saw focused not so much...

Arizona loses again, but its citizens win

June 17, 2013

Today, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. that the state of Arizona cannot separately require an individual to prove he is a citizen in order to register...

An Open Letter to Rep. Spencer Bachus

March 21, 2013

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgscE9lFZN4&w=560&h=315] Dear Congressman Bachus, Thank you very much for speaking out about the overuse of detention by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in civil proceedings to determine the removability of individuals in the U.S. ...

Someone(s) at ICE Needs to Be Fired

January 11, 2013

Those of us on the East Coast woke up this morning to the news that Maria Arreola and her son Heriberto Arreola were arrested in their home Thursday night by Immigration & Customs enforcement in...

This is Personal

November 30, 2012

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/39893818 w=400&h=300] One of the burdens I carry is the knowledge that I come from one of the country's anti-immigrant hotspots. No, I am not from Arizona, Alabama, Postville, Iowa or Hazelton, Pennsylvania. I...

Time to go, Sheriff Joe!

October 3, 2012

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet Paul Penzone, a Phoenix police officer for the past 21 years, who is running for Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Now, ordinarily, I don't have a lot of...

Oh No, he didn’t! Romney endorses anti-immigrant wingnut Steve King.

September 10, 2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of67SW_r2VU] On Friday, Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney endorsed Steve King (R-IA) for another term in Congress. King, who once compared selecting immigrants to dog breeding, represents the worst of nativist sentiment and ...

Big win at the Supreme Court

June 26, 2012

In what was surely the most anticipated decision of the Supreme Court's term, Arizona v. United States came down today and not in the way anybody expected. In a 5-3 decision (Justice Kagan took no...