
Arizona
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Officers Turn In Their Badges
By Amaris Castillo | 12/22/2011 - 10:43 | 0 Comments
Jail officers working for Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio handed in their federal credentials during a news conference in Phoenix Wednesday, a day before civil rights attorneys will be in federal court to seek a ruling in a lawsuit that alleges Arpaio systematically discriminated against Latino residents in conducting traffic patrols and so-called "crime...
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arizona SB 1070 Case
By Amaris Castillo | 12/13/2011 - 11:45 | 0 Comments
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear the arguments surrounding Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070. According to The New York Times,...
Manu Chao Blasts Treatment of Jailed Migrants in New "Clandestino" Video
By Amaris Castillo | 12/09/2011 - 12:45 | 0 Comments
Global superstar Manu Chao went to Arizona recently to denounce the treatment of undocumented immigrants at a county jail. And how did he express this, exactly? Through music, of course!
WATCH: 'Rock Center' Special Report on the Crisis in Alabama
By Mariela Rosario | 11/17/2011 - 10:15 | 0 Comments
This week on Rock Center, journalist Kate Snow traveled down to Alabama to explore the devastating effects of HB 56, the souther states new, incredibly restrictive immigration laws that make Arizona look like a cake walk.
The laws have snowballed and caused a string of negative consequences for both the immigrants who live...
Does Russell Pearce's Recall Election in Arizona Signify A Shift in Attitudes Towards Immigrants?
By Lourdes Medrano | 11/11/2011 - 13:45 | 0 Comments
Almost a year and a half after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the controversial SB 1070 immigration bill into law, school cafeteria worker Ana Rosa Vera voted to oust local Senate President Russell Pearce, one of the most powerful and divisive politicians in the state and the main force behind the state’s tough anti-...
Jan Brewer Pushes for Supreme Court Review of SB 1070
By Amaris Castillo | 08/11/2011 - 17:00 | 0 Comments
Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that placed a hold on parts of the state’s infamous SB 1070 immigration enforcement law. An appeal...
EXCLUSIVE: MLB All Star Robinson Cano on Waiting For a Latino Jackie Robinson
By Mariela Rosario | 07/12/2011 - 17:15 | 4 Comments
We caught up with Robinson Cano right before he took home the big prize at the Home Run Derby yesterday and asked him about the MLB All Star game, airing live tonight from the Arizona Diamondbacks stadium in Phoenix at 8 pm on FOX.
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Hackers Protest Arizona SB 1070 By Posting Law Enforcement Phone Numbers on the Internet
By Fox News Latino | 06/24/2011 - 09:35 | 0 Comments
On Thursday, a group that boasts of successfully hacking Sony and the CIA web page in recent months, claimed to have hacked into the computer files of an Arizona law enforcement agency.
The Lulz Security hacking collective said on its web site that it was releasing "hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names,...
















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