...quickly became a hate crime motivated by race, Torres’ nose and eye socket were broken. Despite being a legal immigrant worker, he was subsequently arrested and held in prison for four months. Recent legislation spanning from Arizona to Georgia has focused on decreasing the presence of illegal immigrants in the United States, yet have resulted in hundreds of cases like Torres’. No legislation has proven to be effective in controlling illegal immi...
...edominately on provisions that are more popular with conservatives, such as visas to assist entrepreneurs and high-tech workers. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold some but not all of the provisions in Arizona’s SB 1070, it is inevitable that the path toward immigration reform will involve a delicate dance between local and federal government. What can be changed, however, is whether members of both political parties work...
...hed Anglo-Protestant order. However, there are several key differences between the events throughout American history and the contemporary predominance of nativist rhetoric in western Europe. The firestorm over immigration in Arizona sparked the most recent large-scale American dialogue on domestic racial tensions. Although many would characterize the Arizona immigration debacle as racist, Governor Jan Brewer and other proponents of legislation a...
...contraceptive supplies, and abortion services difficult, if not impossible. Detention Women make up 10 percent of the total detainee population nationwide, a number that is increasing yearly. A 2009 study by the University of Arizona documented the dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment of over 300 women held in immigration detention centers in Arizona. Researchers examined the conditions facing women in the process of deport...
DREAMers sit in at John McCain’s Arizona campaign office in 2008. From WIkimedia Commons. President Obama’s new immigration policy could stop the deportations of 800,000 undocumented youth, but the caveats are incredible. To be eligible, one must have come to the United States at least five years ago and must have been under the age of 16, must not be older than 30 now, must be a veteran, high school graduate, or be in school, must have n...
...nt limitation. While perhaps not viable for Internet restriction, local community standards continue to play an active role in obscenity litigation. In October 2007, a case brought by the Federal government in the district of Arizona against JM Productions supported the practice of using local community standards in determining pornographic material to be obscene. The grounds on which a handful of JM’s videos were found to be obscene is telling o...
...sentation in international organizations, human-rights concerns, and labor issues. “Globalization is a really large topic. I like to describe it as an octopus with multiple arms,” said Luis Fernandez, who traveled from Tempe, Arizona to participate in the counter-summit and in the protests. Michael Castleman, an organizer of the counter-summit, which took place on the Barnard and Columbia campuses, explains “the whole system that this institution...
...ur tremendous sacrifice is simply some politician’s collateral damage. History doesn’t provide precedent for this kind of behavior, but it doesn’t matter. Republicans could’ve jumped down F.D.R.’s throat the moment the U.S.S. Arizona went down; Reagan could’ve assaulted Carter when the first helicopter malfunctioned, hell; and Al Gore might’ve vilified Bush as the North Tower crashed to the ground. Even if those scenarios were history, they would...
...ng; all polling references come from Real Clear Politics). I agree with the New York Times’ allocation of “lean” states and which states are considered tossups; barring a get-out-the-vote miracle or a freak November surprise, Arizona and North Carolina are relatively safe in the Romney column and Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Nevada are relatively safe for Obama (although Nevada is much less safe than the rest). That leaves W...
...decade because it helps eliminate the massive health insurance bureaucracy that gobbles up 30 percent of every healthcare dollar and stabilizes healthcare inflation. GJ: Given the recent shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin, and Arizona during the past year, what is your stance on gun control and your understanding of the Second Amendment? JS: So the Supreme Court has interpreted the Second Amendment to apply not only to armed militias but rather to...
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