June 2012
Marco Rubio gets serious about immigration on 'The...
univisionnews:
By EMILY DERUY
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) appeared on The Daily Show to promote his memoir, “An American Son.” Rubio was not asked about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Arizona immigration law and never mentioned it explicitly, but he accused Republicans and Democrats of oversimplifying the nation’s immigration problem.
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theersatzvegetarian:
The results are in on the SCOTUS ruling on Arizona’s immigration law. Hey, wait a second…
SCOTUS Strikes Down 75% of Arizona’s Controversial... →
arielnietzsche:
Today was a big day for the SCOTUS … this is a huge week for rulings from the Supreme Court with their official ruling on Obamacare coming on Thursday at 10am. Today – the Supreme Court gave a very big victory with one caveat to the Obama administration who challenged the legality of the very controversial and contentious Arizona state law that is largely viewed as being...
The Great Grigsby: SB 1070 Was a Worse Law Than... →
hippichickiniki:
I remember when SB 1070 first came up as a law. A lot of people, some of them quite xenophobic, were very much in favor of the law because they saw it as a way to catch the illegal immigrants* they believed were streaming across the border and the source of crimes. There were a couple of…
Arguing The World - The Unstoppable DREAMers →
gatherchange:
I’m consistently moved and inspired by the courage of the DREAMers.
AND a cogent summary of the change process:
Courage begets more courage. One sacrifice inspires another.
As for Obama’s electoral pandering: the fact that a politician decides that it is expedient to cave to your demands is no indictment of social movement efforts. Quite the contrary. The point of activism is...
Ryan Laughlin: What To Do About the World's... →
ryanlaughlin:
Last month, The Economist ran a story about income disparities between the rich and everyone else. The Economist noted the growing concern among leaders of the world, including Chinese President Hu Jintao, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Warren Buffett, and French economist…
Scalia cites travel restrictions on 'freed blacks'... →
cartonplanet:
Jeffery Toobin notes another way Justice Antonin Scalia’s bizarre dissent over striking down most of Arizona’s SB 1070 went off the rails:
[W]hat authority did Scalia cite for his broad conception of the role of the state? He went back into history to examine the role of states in policing immigration. He pointed out that In the first 100 years of the Republic, the States enacted...
The New American Leaders Project: So what's the... →
newamericanleadersproject:
Here’s a collection of good links to opinion/reporting on the Supreme Courts’ SB1070 decision yesterday:
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The New York Times’ John Schwartz: breaks down the Supreme Court ruling section by section in this great interactive article — includes links directly to passages from…
Supreme Court invalidates bulk of Arizona's... →
jennycjiang:
In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Monday struck down three of the four disputed provisions in Arizona’s immigration law. Read more at WhatTheFolly.com.
džulory ladžala: Not a good day to be Romani →
golden-zephyr:
So, work has been weird lately… even though they still seem to think I’m Romanian (but at least 60% of the time, it’s Romanian Gypsy)…
This morning my uber boss says,
“LOL are you in your pajamas?” …
I’m wearing a long skirt and plain t-shirt. What I usually wear.
I’m actually on the verge of…
Acerbus Amor: LOOK AROUND →
dreamerloverwarrior:
The boundaries of our lives are foretold to us By those who know not what it means to trust To live and to learn through our fellow man To bring peace and harmony to this war ridden land Why must we draw lines? To say race this or that Why do we ever bother to separate those facts? We teach…
Those Tangled Thoughts: Disgust →
doyoudreamofmurder:
I can’t help to look over the city; shaking my head in disgust. A dark cloud has filled the sky today. Its saddening. The thought of how we were all made the same way, but you go ahead and discriminate others. You, the government are meant to protect our country. Yet, you chose to go against us….
My mind is an interesting place: The flaws of... →
hopelesslyh0pefull:
Why must the world be so screwed up? No one should be discriminated against because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation.. A prominent Korean actor, Hong Seok-Cheon, was fired from his job as a host on a prime-time television network because the producers thought he would turn the…
AJH: Yes, I'm opinionated. No, it's not my problem... →
soweak-sopowerful:
So, my boss came into the office with just the most hilarious story. Let’s keep this in mind, my boss is a fucking retard. She basically only hires christians because “they went to christian schools so they’re good kids”. She has said that to me twice.
The difference between public and christian…
Keep smiling, it´s sunnah: In France after picking... →
xxsmiledesignxx:
In France after picking groceries in the supermarket, a Niqabi sister stood in the line to pay. After a few minutes, her turn came up at the checkout counter. The checkout girl was a non-Hijaabi Arab Muslim girl, began to scan the items of the Niqabi sister one by one, and after a while…
That awkward moment...
ohhitumblr:
…when you wake up in an Australian guy’s apartment and all you can think about is that episode of Flight of the Conchords where Jemaine goes home with an Aussie woman and calls Brett in a panic the next morning, and Brett says to make sure he still has his wallet.
Food Ramblings: PASSOP speaks out on foreign owned... →
foodramblings:
Following up on yesterday’s story on the call for registration and regulation of foreign-owned spazas in the Western Cape, Braam Hanekom on PASSOP - a not-for-profit human rights organisation devoted to fighting for the rights of asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants in South Africa - has…
fakedick:
Sometimes I wonder if my parents regret not teaching me their respective native languages.
But then I remember that they taught my older brother and how he was given the nickname “chinky assbrain” at the age of three.
Knowledge at your own risk.: Why people believe... →
Xia Wang wanted to find out why so many Americans believe undocumented immigrants commit more crime.
“The weight of evidence suggests that immigration is not related to more crime,” said Wang, an assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University….
“Xenophanes believes that humans create gods in their own image. His critics, the...”
– (via gweek)
This is Racism: Welcome to this blog. →
this-is-racism:
The purpose of its existence is to call out instances of racism, ethnic hatred, offensive ignorance, and xenophobia.
There are really a few simple rules to avoid participating in any of the above.
If it’s not from your culture and it has a significant meaning (headdresses, bindis, saris, etc) -…
“I hated growing up in Scandinavia. People there had everything they needed, but...”
– (via kamilopardali)
Mitt Romney wishes Supreme Court gave ‘more... →
themittromneystore:
It really seems like a great opportunity for Mitt Romney to bolster his stance on immigration policy.
Romney has been a vocal supporter of the Arizona “show me your papers” law. At a private fundraiser in Scottsdale, AZ, he said that he “would have preferred to see the Supreme Court give more latitude to the status, not less.”
Romney continues to be a staunch proponent of...
Supreme Court unanimously upholds antidemocratic... →
arielnietzsche:
Issuing its decision Monday on Arizona v. United States, the US Supreme Court unanimously upheld the core provision of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law—SB 1070—that requires police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop for questioning or detention if there is a “reasonable suspicion” the individual is an illegal alien.
The law effectively grants police wide...
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News
NEW YORK TIMES: Immigrant Rights Groups Unhappy With Supreme Court’s Mixed Decision ARIZONA DAILY SUN: Arizona officials react to SB1070 ruling FOX NEWS LATINO (Noorani Op-Ed): Supreme Court’s Immigration Ruling Threatens Civil Rights NATIONAL JOURNAL: Experts Weigh In on Arizona’s Immigration Law REASON (Tuccille Post): Supreme Court’s Immigration Decision Unlikely to Ease...
The Real American DREAM Act: My mother’s side of... →
theantidreamact:
My mother’s side of the family is quite a story - simply put, my grandmother is a second-generation Swede, and my grandfather came directly from Colombia (South America). Legally, of course, and he’s a retired OB/GYN now.
Though that’s grossly oversimplifying what all he had to go through….
Colonial Era:
theantidreamact:
My father’s research shows that our name arrived in America sometime in the late-1640’s. Which means we are among some of the older families in America.
Publisher’s note: I think this is one of the more common forms of legal immigration to the US as one half of my family did the same.
