A contentious issue, illegal immigration, poses a number of economic, political, and cultural challenges to the country. Often, the debate becomes a partisan-fueled, highly emotional diatribe between the two major parties. This section cover issues from the Dream Act to Arizona’s contentious immigration reforms, as Independent-minded voters are seeking potential solutions that obey the rule of law, stay within the confines of a budget, and maintain a compassionate, but realistic outlook on immigration.
If the political establishment is not careful, the nation’s largest minority may jump ship and join the burgeoning Independent movement.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently faced withering criticism for ignoring over 400 cases of sex crimes against mostly Latino children. Last week, the US Department of Justice released a scathing report after a lengthy investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
One would think that if a sheriff had botched investigations of sex crimes against children and that this became public, that he might make a genuine apology. Instead Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded to the growing criticism of his department ignoring.
In yet another showdown between the Obama Administration and the states, the Supreme Court announced Monday that it would be taking on Arizona’s controversial and tough immigration law, passed in 2010.
Democratic Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes unveiled the California Opportunity and Prosperity Act Friday, which would allow nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants to openly live and work in California with no fear of deportation by the state.
Two factors are converging to create a farming crisis in Arizona: one has its origins in domestic policy – hard-line immigration laws which have been harped on endlessly by the press – while the other factor has its roots planted.
Opponents of a recently proposed House bill that cracks down on undocumented workers say that if it becomes law, it threatens to topple the agricultural economy of California – the nation’s new breadbasket – risking the food and financial security of millions of Americans.
By most accounts, the Arizona border appears to be safer than ever. Illegal border crossings are down, mainly because the Department of Homeland Security is able to monitor more of the border than ever before. That’s the conclusion reached by.
California’s Dream Act took a step forward when Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law AB 130, a portion of the Dream Act that allows children of undocumented immigrants to access privately-funded scholarships in order to attend California universities.
Recently, a new Arizona law permitted the state to raise money from private and public sources to build a border fence. Republican state senator Steve Smith sponsored the bill, which he hopes will raise the $50 million needed to add.
