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Arizona Immigration

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Bachmann wants Operation Wetback part Dos

    Michele Bachmann and Joe Arpaio: best friends forever?​Michele Bachmann went to Arizona this week for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's endorsement. She didn't get it, and likely won't. But Bachmann did confess that America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" gave her a pair of the pink boxers he forces inma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Steve Drazkowski, City Pages' "Best Villain," calls the award an honor

    Gracious in victory.​Rep. Steve Drazkowski, the GOP legislator from Mazeppa, is showing the class of a champion. This week City Pages bestowed upon Drazkowski our annual "Best Villain" award, citing the impressive raft of retrograde legislation he has launched in the past year. Kind of a ba ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fair-y Tales

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Operation Streamline: An immigration boondoggle

    Project Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Pinalcchio

    Phoenix deputy's tale of being shot by drug smugglers doesn't add up

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Activists want the All-Star game out of Arizona [VIDEO]

    Fibonnacci BlueAmerica's pastime gets political​Chanting "Stop the Hate! Move the game!" protesters crashed a quarterly meeting of Major-League Baseball owners at the Graves Hotel yesterday, demanding that the All-Star game be moved from Arizona unless the state repeals its controversial new i ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2010
  • News

    August 4, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    A penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Green Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio

    Are your papers in order?

  • Feature

    July 28, 2010

    'ILLEGAL' from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: 'ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone'

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Emmer trails all Democrats in Rasmussen poll

    Tom Emmer has some ground to make up.​A new poll released by Fox 9/Rasmussen suggests that Minnesotans support any Democrat in the race for governor over Republican Tom Emmer. He trails in hypothetical match-ups againstDFLers Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza. Indepen ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Ronnie's Kids

    Today, “amnesty” is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Jimmy John's on Hennepin targeted by AZ immigration law foes [Video]

    ​Twin Cities foes of Arizona's controversial new anti-immigration law picked a new target Monday evening: The Jimmy John's sandwich shop at 600 Hennepin Avenue. (Video after the jump.) Arizona Boycott Clearinghouse says Jimmy John's is a protest target because founder James Liautaud contribut ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Cowboy Down

    Murdered Southern Arizona rancher Rob Krentz's family talk about his life and death

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Most Minnesotans support cops demanding citizenship papers

    ​A new Rassmussen poll finds that while Minnesotans are more liberal than other Americans in their opinions on illegal immigration, that's not necessarily saying much.Sure, Minnesota came in second to last among the 16 states polled on the question of whether police should have to check the im ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands

    From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Police Chief Tim Dolan hits AZ immigration law in D.C. trip

    Photo: drcuervoNot what Dolan and Rybak want in Minneapolis​Minneapolis Police Chief Tom Dolan is wading further into the debate over Arizona's controversial new antiimmigrant law. He was among a gathering of nine top cops from around the nation who met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Toki Wright drops "By the Time I Get to Arizona" video

    As we posted a while back, local rapper Toki Wright recently recorded his own version of Public Enemy's "By the Time I Get to Arizona" in response to the Arizona immigration bill. Today, Wright released an awesome video to accompany the song, shot during the May Day march through the streets of Minn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty's pastor opposes Arizona's anti-immigration law

    Leith Anderson, Tim Pawlenty's pastor​The Rev. Leith Anderson, pastor at Wooddale Church in Edina -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty's church -- and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, is part of a growing movement among Christian conservatives criticizing Arizona's new and controversial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Tom Emmer supporters punk'd on Cinco de Mayo (Video)

    Emmer, show us your papers​When your candidate for governor proclaims Arizona's new anti-immigrant law "a wonderful first step," and you then show up at St. Paul's Cinco de Mayo celebration, it's fair to say you're asking for an argument. Tom Emmer's supporters got just that on Sunday in St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Al Franken says Arizona immigration law "goes way to far"

    Another Minnesota pol joins the backlash against Arizona​Count U.S. Sen. Al Franken in as the latest member of Minnesota's congressional delegation to come out against Arizona's heavily criticized new anti-immigration law. "I think that it's bad for public safety. It goes way too far," he tol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Steve Drazkowski introduces Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill

    No Mexicans need apply, as far as Steve Drazkowski's concerned​He threatened he'd do it, and now he has: Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski has introduced a bill in the Minnesota House he says is modeled after the hardline anti-immigration law just passed in Arizona. "The Democrats won't ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Terror becomes Arizona policy

    No Mexicans need apply, as far as Steve Drazkowski's concerned​He threatened he'd do it, and now he has: Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski has introduced a bill in the Minnesota House he says is modeled after the hardline anti-immigration law just passed in Arizona. "The Democrats won't ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Help us help the ACLU challenge Arizona immigration law

    No Mexicans need apply, as far as Steve Drazkowski's concerned​He threatened he'd do it, and now he has: Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski has introduced a bill in the Minnesota House he says is modeled after the hardline anti-immigration law just passed in Arizona. "The Democrats won't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Drazkowski defends Arizona-style immigration bill

    Steve Drazkowski: The Minnesota Representative from Arizona​Yesterday we introduced you to Steve Drazkowski, the Republican representative who wants to import Arizona's anti-immigrant legislation to Minnesota.We called Drazkowski to learn more about his bill and see if he'd say anything crazy. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Immigrant rights marchers clog Minneapolis

    Photo: fibonacciblueImmigrant rights activists took to city streets on Saturday​The local backlash against Arizona's controversial new anti-immigrant law got loud and crowded over the weekend when about 2,000 marchers clogged downtown Minneapolis to express their outrage at the legislation. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Toki Wright channels Chuck D on 'Arizona' remake

    ​The Arizona immigration bill passed last Friday has galvanized our entire country, from the President on down, with cities everywhere passing economic boycotts and official travel bans, every op-ed page in fury or assent, every Republican left shrugging in confusion, Shakira on an airplane, and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announces Arizona travel boycott

    ​Calling Arizona's new hardline anti-immigrant law "a dangerous example for the rest of the country," St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said today he's ordering a boycott of all city-paid travel to the state. Signed into law by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, the legislation "will create a culture whe ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    The Crucifixion of Juarez

    On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Calexico

    On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

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