Florida Dems calling on GOP Senator to leave committee after comments against Hispanics

Hays said:

Before we design a district anywhere

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Florida senator demands apology from GOP over immigration remarks

Garcia writes:

Last week, I sent you

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Udall and Bingaman keep pushing to increase range Mexicans can travel in U.S.

After watching businesses in their neighboring states profit for years, businesspeople and officials along the Mexico-New Mexico border impressed it upon their beltway representatives that they, too, finally wanted to cash in on what has not been coming their way.

Meaning: extend the traveling distance into which Mexican More…

Experts say Alabama law goes further than any other immigration legislation in the developed world

Immigration and human rights experts say that no other developed country has passed an immigration law as stringent as Alabama’s.

Immigration, private prison officials to meet with residents opposing Fla. detention center

Residents Against SW Ranches ICE Detention Center wrote last night:

The Southwest Ranches

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Justice Department, gun owners, at odds over restrictions on rifle sales

The Associated Press reports the federal government is telling gun sellers in border states that they must report anyone who has purchased two high-powered rifles within a five day period.

The guidelines affect New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas.

The Justice Department made the argument before a judge after a More…

Some conservatives hesitant to publicly praise Alabama immigration law

Many Republicans, including the governor of Alabama, are hesitating to publicly praise Alabama’s controversial immigration law, most of which remains in effect even after a federal circuit court blocked one of its more controversial provisions.

South Florida immigrant advocates protest Shamir Ali deportation

Under proposal from N.M. senators, Mexican nationals could enter deeper into state

New Mexico’s two U.S. senators want to expand the zone within New Mexico in which Mexican nationals who hold Border Crossing Cards, or “laser cards,” can travel inside. The current limit is 25 miles from the border, and Democratic Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall want to expand that More…

Latino immigrant advocates launch nationwide education campaign

As the discussion about what to do about immigration continues to heat up, punctuated by GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain proposing we construct an “electrified” fence along the Mexican border, an immigrant advocate organization launched the Somos/We Are campaign.