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Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 15:39:01 PM EDT
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 WHEN LUIS RAMIREZ WAS BEAT TO DEATH in the street for simply being Mexican While in Public, the Founding Editors of (award winning site!) The Sanctuary penned this piece. We did it carefully and over a few days, because we had a point we wanted to make very clear; one we did not see being underlined in the media. A point crucial to understanding the Ramirez killing as well as the killing of Marcelo Lucero and Wilter Sanchez and Jose Sucuhañay...and so many other vicious attitudes and assaults against the Latino comunidad.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 at 15:47:45 PM EDT
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 THE FEBRUARY ICE RAIDS IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON surprised many, coming as they did after President Obama was elected. The remnant of Bush-Chertoff style tactics were a brand new shock again, as a mass of federal agents surrounded a car engine repair shop and scooped many workers into buses waiting in the back.
Shortly after, Janet Napolitano confessed that the raid had taken even her by surprise, that she was not consulted, and that she would order a review. Speaker Pelosi was soon quoted speaking out against the devastating effects our "enforcement" tactics have been having on communities.
Did the focus have an effect on how this raid played out in the aftermath?
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 at 14:39:54 PM EST
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FAIR (the Federation for American Immigration Reform), the Center for Immigration Studies and NumbersUSA. I have mentioned these anti-immigrant groups before - they purport to be "think tanks" or "grass roots orgs" and have a "common sense" approach to immigration policy, but are really espousing the type of hateful and inhumane immigration policies that have been responsible for the last 8 years of rising hate crimes and enforcement-only tactics. For more information, check out my previous posts on these groups:here, here and here. Click here to check out a video from America's Voice about these guys. Some have dubbed these guys the "anti-immigrant lobby", seeing as how they can turn every single issue in American politics into a soapbox for their xenophobic and radical anti-immigrant beliefs. Just recently they tried to deny immigrant children healthcare and burden businesses with mandatory use of the fatally flawed E-verify program. Last summer, they went as far as blaming immigrants for Global Warming. No, really. Well now, more than ever, these guys are being exposed for what they really are "wolves in sheep's clothing". last week, the New York Times featured an editorial on these extremists groups - here's an excerpt: The relentlessly harsh Republican campaign against immigrants has always hidden a streak of racialist extremism. Now after several high-water years, the Republican tide has gone out, leaving exposed the nativism of fringe right-wingers clinging to what they hope will be a wedge issue. Today, the Southern Povery Law Center released a report that proves undoubtedly just how extreme these groups really are. And America's Voice has built a website where people can take action to help stop the hate in the immigration debate. Click here to visit the site and vote on the "Top Anti-Immigrant Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". You can also download the full report from the SPLC. We know that organizations like the Center for Immigration Studies, Numbers USA, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) are not mainstream voices on immigration, but our politicians and media need to know it, too. Visit America's Voice to take action against the extreme in the mainstream.
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 03:15:03 AM EST
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 Mark Krikorian, executive director of the right-wing Center for Immigration Studies, has taken to the pages of the National Review to outline what he claims is a new GOP approach to immigration.
Pointing out that for too long Republicans have argued about immigration in terms of "lawbreaking" and illegality, Krikorian suggests instead that a new framing is needed ... a framing he views as a more welcoming and in line with public opinion.
Taking a page from the same playbook that brought us the great Bush oxymoron: "Compassionate Conservatism "... Krikorian does The Decider one better and frames out a new right-wing paradox for mass consumption: "Anti-immigration but Pro-immigrant"
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Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 19:50:13 PM EST
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Among the losers in this year's elections were the anti-immigrant lobby with their message of hate. Marginalized, they are now engaging in a full scale blood-bath of blame amongst their followers. But those of us who want progressive and humanitarian immigration policies cannot rest. We are hopeful that the incoming administration and the new Congress will undo the worst aspects of the Bush administration draconian anti-immigrant policies.
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Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 13:46:53 PM EDT
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The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has a history of misrepresenting facts concerning immigrants and Latinos. Now, in a recently released "backgrounder," CIS targets foreign students. The backgrounder questions the accuracy of a 2007 Institute for International Education (IIE) report, which concludes that foreign students contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. economy.
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