AltWeeklies Wire
Idaho Xenophobe Wants National Powernew
Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens. But can someone intending to run for a seat in Congress have a campaign based solely on an issue as divisive and difficult as immigration reform?
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
06-26-2005 |
Immigration
Flag-Bearer Takes Heat for His Anti-Immigrant Standnew
Tom Tancredo, a Congressman from Colorado, sees illegal immigration as a scourge that's capable of sucking this great nation of ours straight into the sewer.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Head of the Class Dare Not Speak His Namenew
With his grades and high school activities, Pablo is an ideal candidate for college, except for one hitch: He's illegal.
Westword |
Helen Thorpe |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Congressman Will Make Immigration a 2008 Campaign Issuenew
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican of Colorado, promises to go around the country firing up the troops on the subject of immigration reform during the next presidential campaign.
Tags: illegal immigrants, Karl Rove
Testing Your Border Knowledgenew
Here's a brief quiz about the goings-on around the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
04-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: illegal immigrants, Minutemen
Abused Immigrant Women Face Double Bindnew
Immigrant women who fear their abusive husbands hesitate to turn to the police because they fear deportation even more. A relatively recent law intended to help women in their situation expires this fall.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-18-2005 |
Immigration
How The Minutemen Play on Fears and Fantasies
Author Rubén Martínez comments on The Minutemen, U.S. immigration policy and why George Bush wants to save the Mexicans.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
04-13-2005 |
Immigration
Monitoring the Messagenew
The Minutemen pull media strings in Southern Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-06-2005 |
Immigration
Immigration Debate Turns Ugly at Company-Sponsored Forumnew
A panel at a forum sponsored by First Data Corp. was skewed with open-border activists, an opponent charged. She claims First Data has a vested interest in promoting illegal immigration because customers of its STAR ATM network and Western Union subsidiary include many Latinos.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
03-09-2005 |
Immigration
No Easy Solution to Illegal Immigrationnew
On Nov. 2, Arizonans passed Proposition 200, designed to further limit public benefits to non-citizens. The consequences on both illegal immigration and the economy are hotly debated but still unknown.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
11-09-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrants, Immigration, crime, border, D.C., construction, nanny, coyotes, cheap labor, day laborers, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego, emergency room, federal immigration laws, nannies, Pro-Prop 200 leader Russell Pearce, Prop 200 opposition leader Alfredo Gutierrez, Sonoran Desert, Steve Camarota, U.S. Border Patrol, Wayne Cornelius
Artistic Warningnew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
08-07-2004 |
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