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AZ Gubernatorial Candidate Wants "Tent Cities" for Undocumented Immigrants

By Mariela Rosario | 06/19/2010 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin—currently vying for the Republican candidacy for governor—recently announced a plan to create tent cities to house the expected increase in the number of illegal immigrants arrested once the controversial new immigration laws go into effect.

Modeled on current camp-like set ups used by Sheriff Joe Arpaio...

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Arizona Pushing for Legislation to Deny Babies Citizenship

By Mariela Rosario | 06/15/2010 - 10:00 | 1 Comment

A few months ago, we told you about a U.S. rep from San Diego who supported a ban that would keep natural-born U.S. children from receiving citizenship if their parents were undocumented. We figured this idea wouldn't, or couldn't, go very far considering...

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Latin Artists Join the Sound Strike in Protest of New Arizona Laws

By Grace Bastidas | 06/07/2010 - 09:25 | 4 Comments

Los Tigres del Norte, Juanes, Calle 13, Café Tacuba, Cypress Hill and Ozomatli are just some of the growing number of Latino musicians boycotting Arizona in protest of the state’s controversial immigration law (SB 1070). The new law goes into effect on July 31st of this...

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Thousands Gather to Protest SB 1070 in Phoenix, AZ

By Mariela Rosario | 06/02/2010 - 14:26 | 2 Comments

This past weekend, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Phoenix, Arizona to voice their opposition to the recently passed SB 1070 which many say has legalized racial profiling. We spoke to Lance Rios, the founder of the...

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Is Dora the Explorer an Illegal Immigrant?

By Mariela Rosario | 05/21/2010 - 16:30 | 3 Comments

An image of Dora the Explorer with a black eye, posing for a mugshot and labeled as an "illegal" has been generating a lot of internet buzz.

Sometimes, we must admit, Dora the Explorer gets on our nerves—mainly due to her high pitched voice and endless repetition of catch phrases. But she definitely does not deserve the treatment she has received at...

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Crazy Stuff Racists Say: Special Jan Brewer Edition

By Mariela Rosario | 05/14/2010 - 16:45 | 18 Comments

What can we say about Arizona Governor Jan Brewer? We must admit, we had no idea who she was until she upped and signed that crazy new immigration law into effect in Arizona. But since that fateful day a few weeks ago, it seems like there is no escaping her, or her insistence on passing insane laws that demonize Latinos in a state where 30...

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Was It Important for Ricky Martin to Come Out?

By Mariela Rosario | 04/08/2010 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you heard that über-famous bon-bon shaker Ricky Martin came out as being a homosexual. Maybe you were surprised (we doubt it), maybe you were happy for him, but chances are, you had...

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