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Arizona Republicans introduced four bills yesterday aimed at denying US citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. The lawmakers hope to provoke a Supreme Court review of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof ." Lawmakers in a dozen other states are planning to introduce similar bills.
Opponents slammed the bills as so unconstitutional that it is unlikely the Supreme Court would even consider them, the Arizona Republic reports. Democratic state lawmaker Albert Hale, a Navajo, warned that the legislation would create a class of stateless people and pointed out that he would count as an "anchor baby" under the bills because Native Americans weren't granted citizenship until 1924. "My mother, born in 1919, was not a citizen," he said. "So I am a child of a non-citizen and therefore illegal. Am I to be deported? And If I am, where are you going to deport me to?"
http://www.newser.com/story/110764/arizona-bills-target-birthright-citizenship.htmlArizona Republicans introduced four bills yesterday aimed at denying US citizenship to... more
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Four protesters brought downtown Phoenix to a standstill on July 29th after scaling a construction crane to unfurl a large banning showing their displeasure with Arizona's tough immigration law.Four protesters brought downtown Phoenix to a standstill on July 29th after scaling a... more
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An interview with YAYA from Pan Left Productions on social justice regarding border issues in Arizona. For more interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage of the US Social Forum in Detroit, visit http://www.freespeech.org.An interview with YAYA from Pan Left Productions on social justice regarding border... more
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a controversial law targeting ethnic studies classes in public schools. The law could shut down a popular Mexican American studies program in the Tucson school district. It will also affect specialized courses in African American and Native American studies.Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a controversial law targeting ethnic studies... more
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Arizona's new immigration law is just about crime, its supporters say, but given that the state's new education policy equates ethnic studies programs with high treason, they may not be using the commonly accepted definition of "crime."
Under the ban, sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer by the state legislature Thursday, schools will lose state funding if they offer any courses that "promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, promote resentment of a particular race or class of people, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group or advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals."
As ThinkProgress notes, the Tucson Unified School District's popular Mexican-American studies department is the target here. The state superintendent charges that the program exhibits "ethnic chauvinism."
Meanwhile, in a move that was more covert until the Wall Street Journal uncovered it, the Arizona Department of Education has told schools that teachers with "heavy" or "ungrammatical" accents are no longer allowed to teach English classes.
As outlined by the Journal, Arizona's recent pattern of discriminatory education policies is ironic -- and is likely a function of No Child Left Behind funding requirements -- given that the state spent a decade recruiting teachers for whom English was a second language.
In the 1990s, Arizona hired hundreds of teachers whose first language was Spanish as part of a broad bilingual-education program. Many were recruited from Latin America.
Then in 2000, voters passed a ballot measure stipulating that instruction be offered only in English. Bilingual teachers who had been instructing in Spanish switched to English.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/arizona-ethnic-studies-cl_n_558731.html
Teachers who don't meet the new fluency standards have the option of taking classes to improve their English, the Journal reports, but if they fail to reach the state's targets would be fired or reassigned.Arizona's new immigration law is just about crime, its supporters say, but given... more
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The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English.The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that... more
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Thousands of protesters angered by Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants met in front of the White House this past weekend to call on Washington to act urgently on immigration reform.Thousands of protesters angered by Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants met... more
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Arizona border vigilante group Cochise County Militia has announced plans to form a private military company there.Arizona border vigilante group Cochise County Militia has announced plans to form a... more
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With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over immigration has reignited. It's unclear whether Congress and the Obama administration are prepared to act on the issue or just talk. On Capitol Hill, however, the legislative agenda already is packed through the summer, and fitting in something as controversial as immigration appears unlikely.With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over... more
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