News 21 readers are by now familiar with Kris Kobach, the one-man army against illegal immigration. Kobach, who has litigated everything from Hazleton, Pa.’s defense of its immigration ordinance to a suit against San Francisco’s sanctuary law, is also fighting Kansas over a law that lets illegal immigrants who have attended state high schools to [...]
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GOP Platform Calls Immigration “a National Security Issue”
September 2, 2008 – 8:29 am
The Republican National Convention is taking place in St. Paul, Minn., this week, and the party has released the official Republican platform (PDF). Though party platforms don’t usually amount to much in the way of legislation, they do indicate where the majority of the party stands on issues. This year’s platform committee struggled to reach [...]
Family of Murder Victim Suing Over San Francisco’s Sanctuary Law
August 26, 2008 – 6:27 am
A July protest against San Francisco’s sanctuary policy, led by the Minutemen. (AP Photo)
When Tony Bologna and his sons Michael and Matthew were murdered in June by an illegal Salvadoran immigrant, the victims’ family blamed San Francisco. The alleged killer, Edwin Ramos, had been arrested as a teenager, but officials did not report him to [...]
Hartford, Conn. Joins Roster of “Sanctuary Cities”
August 21, 2008 – 10:54 am
Hartford, Conn., has joined New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and hundreds of other cities big and small in declaring that police and city officials cannot inquire about anyone’s immigration status. Mayor Eddie Perez, who had expressed some reluctance about the City Council’s proposal, signed the ordinance on Tuesday.
City Councilman Luis Cotto, quoted in [...]
