AltWeeklies Wire
Latinos Aren't to Blame for America's Unemployment Ratenew
They have become a scapegoat for political and social criticism.
Jackson Free Press |
Melisha Grayson |
08-06-2007 |
Immigration
ID's the Thingnew
Municipalities should look to New Haven, Conn., as an example on how to handle illegal immigrants.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
08-02-2007 |
Immigration
Great Barrier Griefnew
Sealing the U.S.-Mexico border is not an easy task.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
07-25-2007 |
Immigration
After the Raid: What's Up at the Produce Plant?new
After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued -- we revisited the plant to see how it was operating now.
Willamette Week |
Ryan White |
07-25-2007 |
Immigration
Liberal Candidate Does About-face on Illegal Immigrationnew
With a TV ad that began airing this week, David Briley has become the first mayoral candidate to play to the angry anti-immigration crowd in Nashville.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
07-20-2007 |
Politics
The Superior Americansnew
There's one piece of logic that seems to be missing from the argument to kick all illegal immigrants out of Painesville, Ohio: If the Mexicans go, there won't be much of a city to take back.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
07-20-2007 |
Immigration
Whatever Happened to the Santa Ana Four?new
Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-17-2007 |
Immigration
A Lesson in Equal Protectionnew
Inside the Texas cases that opened the schoolhouse door to undocumented immigrant children.
The Texas Observer |
Barbara Belejack |
07-16-2007 |
Immigration
(At) Largely Loquacious in Nashvillenew
One at-large Metro Council candidate hopes a wacky theory about the "illegal immigrant invasion" will get him elected.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
07-13-2007 |
Politics
Pat Buchanan's Silence Was Goldennew
It isn't often that the former presidential candidate gives someone else the chance to speak, but he clammed up when forced to consider truths of what many Americans share with undocumented immigrants.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
07-02-2007 |
Immigration
An Immigrant Comes to America ... What's the Big Deal?new
You know, unless your patio or deck is, say, 10 feet from the Mexico-United States border and the immigrants trying to get across are causing you to spill your afternoon cocktail, I just don't see what the big deal is about them coming on over.
The Memphis Flyer |
Tim Sampson |
06-29-2007 |
Commentary
The Immigration Debate's Migrating Truthnew
Immigration rhetoric plays fast with the facts, according to a prominent academic.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-27-2007 |
Immigration
Mayor, Maybe Notnew
How would other New Haven mayoral candidates deal with the ID card brouhaha?
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
06-26-2007 |
Immigration
New Haven Takes Center Stage in Immigration Debatenew
The media attention depicting the city as a place of tolerance and forward thinking is welcome and encouraging; the attention from anti-immigrant groups and ICE is a reminder that even the most sensible policies can have fierce and powerful opponents.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian Slattery |
06-26-2007 |
Immigration
The LAPD Tries a Classic Diversionnew
Chief Cayler Carter is publicly sacrificed, but the screwups on May 1 began with Chief Bill Bratton.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
06-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
