Immigration Police Programs Hurt The Good Guys & Let The Bad Ones Go

By: Saturday September 11, 2010 3:53 pm

The following originally appeared on Project Economic Refugee:

Excellent point that George Lakoff makes on this TruthOut OpEd piece titled Disaster Messaging that tackles what Project Economic Refugee has been covering on the [In]Secure Communities Program:

End a Bad Law: 287(g)

Bad laws, laws that hurt far more than they help, should be eliminated. Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is a bad law. Here’s why.

Weekly Diaspora: Modified SB 1070 Goes Into Effect; How Federal Law Paved the Way

By: Thursday July 29, 2010 9:31 am

by Annie Shields, Media Consortium blogger

Yesterday, 9th Circuit Judge Susan Bolton struck down many of the most controversial provisions in Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, including the section requiring police to ask anyone they suspect of being undocumented for proof of citizenship. It’s a small victory. Today, a modified version of the bill goes into effect.

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