Immigrant rights activists are condemning Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal for appointing Phil Kent, spokesperson for the restrictionist group Americans for Immigration Control, to a seat on a government board created under the state’s new immigration law. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
Kent’s critics have started a petition drive to oust
As promised, U.S. House Judiciary Chair Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced on Tuesday a bill, titled the HALT Act, which would suspend the Obama administration’s ability to exercise discretion in prosecuting deportation cases. Smith was motivated to introduce the bill by a widely-discussed memo from Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) director John More…
Lawmakers from at least 25 states have pledged to pass copycat laws to Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. There are a number of reasons these plans might not succeed — other legislators might want to focus on economic concerns, or might be deterred by the Justice Department’s lawsuit More…
A few pieces of good news for supporters of a more inclusive immigration policy: Harry Reid beat out Sharron Angle (R), who ran a campaign that relied heavily on anti-illegal immigration rhetoric, and immigration hawk Tom Tancredo lost the race for Colorado governor.
Angle posed a serious threat to Reid, More…
Suzy Khimm has a good piece at Mother Jones today on the crop of immigration hardliners who are favored to take over as governors of Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, South Carolina and Nebraska. For immigration reform advocates, the future looks bleak: Congress is unlikely to tackle immigration More…
There have been plenty of arguments against this summer’s calls to end birthright citizenship: They were called racist, bad politics and political posturing. But ending birthright citizenship is also bad policy for those who want to decrease the population of illegal immigrants — because More…
Now that former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) has finally secured the GOP nomination in the state governor’s race, Democrats — including White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs — are reminding the media and voters about his less than squeaky clean past. Indeed, during his last term in office, Deal More…
Tomorrow is Georgia’s Republican primary runoff for governor. The race is between former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel and former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), but the media is making more of the face-off between the multitude of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls who are throwing trying to their weight More…
Another Facebook endorsement from Palin, another race turned on its head. This time it’s the Republican primary race for governor in Georgia, where state insurance commissioner John Oxendine had been maintaining a decent lead over a crowded field. But no longer. Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, the More…
Former state lawmaker Tom Graves has won the special election in Georgia’s 9th District, reports the Associated Press. With 77 percent of precincts reporting, Graves received 57 percent to Lee Hawkins’ 43 percent. Graves earned support from the Tea Party in his bid to succeed Nathan Deal, who resigned this More…
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