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Border patrol mistakenly detains 96-year-old former AZ governor
Border Patrol agents successfully detained 96 year-old former Arizona Governor Raul H. Castro for over a half an hour last month after his pacemaker triggered a radiation sensor, according to azcentral.com. Castro said he was travelling to Tucson, Arizona on June 12 to celebrate his birthday when a sensor at…
Women immigrants tell of life in fear thanks to ‘Papers, please’ laws
Women immigrants from Arizona, Alabama and Georgia are living in fear after laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 have been put into place. In a conference call sponsored by We Belong Together, a coalition of women’s rights and immigrant rights organizations, Ampardo (women’s last names are withheld to ensure safety), a…
Brewer takes victory lap: Arizona ‘vindicated’ by court gutting immigration law
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer appeared to be in near denial on Monday when she claimed her state had been “vindicated” after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a majority of the SB 1070 anti-immigration law. In a 5-4 ruling, the high court found that three out of four provisions of…
Supreme Court guts most of Arizona’s anti-immigration law
The United States Supreme Court on Monday struck down most of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 immigration law, but upheld that police could be required to inquire about immigration status when they stop suspects. In a 5-4 ruling (PDF), the court said that federal laws preempted most of the Arizona law.…
Arizona mom leaves baby on car’s roof
An Arizona woman will not be receiving any awards for great parenting after she forgot her 1-month old son was in a seat on top of her car roof while driving Saturday evening. According to KSAZ-TV, the son of 19-year-old Catalina Clouser was found in the middle of the street.…
Wildfires sweep across the southwest amid historic drought conditions
Lightning strikes and already-dry conditions are keeping firefighters busy fighting more than a dozen blazes Wildfires raced across a dry and windy south-west on Friday, destroying dozens of homes and depositing a smoky haze over the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fueled by historic drought conditions, the wildfire season opened…
Five dead including toddler in Arizona shooting
LOS ANGELES — A gunman shot and killed four people including a toddler in the southwest US state of Arizona before turning the gun on himself Wednesday, officials and reports said. The motive for the shooting in Gilbert, southeast of Phoenix, was unclear, said a municipal spokeswoman, while the Arizona…
SB 1070 author says infants can get IDs to prove they are ‘legal’
The author of a controversial anti-immigration bill in Arizona said on Tuesday that young children could simply get state-issued identification to prove they are in the U.S. legally. Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, former Arizona state Senate president Russell Pearce (R) defended the state’s SB 1070 law, which requires…
Arizona Senate Close to Passing a Bill that Would Defund Planned Parenthood
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Arizona’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood: The Arizona Senate Committee on Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform approved HB 2800 which strips state funding from any group (like Planned Parenthood) that performs abortion even though existing state law and the fucking Hyde Amendment already…
Happy Easter From The GOP, Folks
This Easter Sunday, the NY Times has this Jason DeParle story on red states shredding welfare safety nets and the people who keep falling through them. Faced with flat federal financing and rising need, Arizona is one of 16 states that have cut their welfare caseloads further since the start…
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