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Arizona’s Controversial Laws: A Crash Course

By Lourdes Medrano | 02/15/2011 - 19:05 | 0 Comments

Arizona lawmakers are continuing their push this week to deny automatic citizenship to children of illegal immigrants. Senator Ron Gould (R-AZ) recently called off the vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee because he believed the bill would have been defeated, but more receptive legislators are expected to again take up the agenda this week. The goal is to force the U.S....

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Arizona Counter-Sues Over SB 1070, Seeks Help From Government for "Invasion"

By Mariela Rosario | 02/11/2011 - 17:30 | 2 Comments

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that the state of Arizona was going to sue the federal government for failing to protect the border. The move is likely a response to the Department of Justice's challenge to...

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Push to End Birthright Citizenship Sparks Opposition
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Push to End Birthright Citizenship Sparks Opposition in Arizona

By Lourdes Medrano | 02/01/2011 - 17:45 | 4 Comments

A push by Arizona lawmakers to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants has spawned two separate efforts to oust the architect of the proposed legislation from office.

The leader of a Latino Republican group...

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Trial of Female Minuteman Accused of Murdering Latina Child Begins in Arizona

By Mariela Rosario | 01/27/2011 - 16:46 | 2 Comments

Little Brisenia Flores' last words to her attackers were: "Why did you shoot my mom?" Her mother, Gina Gonzalez, actually managed to survive being shot three times by intruders posing as law-enforcement officials by playing dead in the hopes of saving her child but...

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First Latino Studies Class Deemed Illegal in Arizona
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First Latino Studies Class Deemed Illegal in Arizona

By Mariela Rosario | 01/26/2011 - 13:34 | 6 Comments

At Tucson High Magnet School, almost all of teacher Curtis Acosta's students are Mexican-American. But Tom Horne, Arizona's newly elected attorney general (and former superintendent) says Acosta's Latino Literature class is "propagandizing and brainwashing." So, Horne declared the program in violation of a new state law that went into...

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WATCH: Daniel Hernandez Receives Standing Ovation at Tucson Memorial Service

WATCH: Daniel Hernandez Receives Standing Ovation at Tucson Memorial Service

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2011 - 09:30 | 0 Comments

At the memorial last night for the shooting victims and survivors of the horrific shooting in Tucson, the intern credited with saving the life of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Daniel Hernandez, earned a standing ovation for his passionate speech. Telling the crowd that he must "humbly reject the title of hero," a clearly overwhelmed and...

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AZ Rep. Raul Grijalva: "Politics in Arizona Fueled by Hate"

By Mariela Rosario | 01/12/2011 - 17:30 | 1 Comment

Rep. Raul Grijlalva (D-AZ) talked Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! yesterday about the recent senseless shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He knew Giffords well and worked with her both in their home state and...

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Local AZ Latino Community Reacts to Shooting Rampage

By Latina Staff | 01/10/2011 - 19:00 | 0 Comments

The Latino community in Arizona, like most Americans throughout the nation, were stunned by the weekend shooting spree in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14 others, including US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

The Democratic congresswoman was hit in the head during a Congress on Your Corner events over the weekend where Tucsonans had gathered to chat...

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