Disenfranchised voter Shirley Preiss, 97. (Photo by Stokely Baksh) In an article for The Indypendent, former News 21 reporter Renee Feltz revisits Arizona, where thousands of potential voters have been unable to register due to new identification requirements. These voters, most of whom are poor, elderly and/or Latino, would have tended to vote Democratic. Thus [...]
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Update on Arizona: Fears of Latino Voter Fraud Lead to Massive Disenfranchisement
October 7, 2008 – 7:31 pm
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 9/20
September 21, 2008 – 2:10 pm
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a San Francisco home earlier this month, they arrested all of the adults and may have left a 15-year-old child to fend for herself. Now, San Francisco officials are expressing outrage over the situation. England, which has its own immigration controversies, also has immigration raids, though not on [...]
Organization of the Week: MALDEF
September 18, 2008 – 6:21 pm
Immigration is a fraught issue, and in recent years dozens of groups have sprung up to advocate for one position or the other, to lobby Congress, to fund candidates, or to fight it out in the courts. With all the vague or patriotic-sounding names, it can get pretty confusing. You might see spokespeople from these [...]
