Immigration

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• Nebraska city's immigrant ordinance faces similar hurdles as SB 1070
  Jul 20, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Two years ago, a Farmers Branch, Texas, rule prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants was struck down in court. Both cities have appealed. However, a Valley Park, Mo., ordinance denying business licenses to employers hiring undocumented immigrants was upheld by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2008. That rule has not been enforced because the Missouri Legislature passed a law that has supremacy over the city's ordinance. A court fight would be expensive.
• EDITORIAL: Our View
  Jul 18, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Arizona had 91,484 properties -- one in every 30 homes -- impacted by foreclosure in the first half of the year. Brewer wants the Legislature to OK her plan to transform the department into the Arizona Commerce Authority with more focus on economic development and finding ways to generate more high-paying jobs in the state. But they face an uphill battle in claiming the attention of voters as Arizona prepares to implement SB 1070.
• SB1070 lawsuit to cost Flagstaff at least $25,000
  Jun 6, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Sun
  ...city of Flagstaff at least $25,000 to fight the state over the controversial new law on illegal immigration known as SB1070. A unanimous Flagstaff City Council agreed Tuesday to continue to pursue an injunction that would prevent SB1070 from taking effect in late July. City Attorney Pat Boomsma was given several options on how to pursue legal action, but she decided to join with several communities, including Tucson and San Luis, in suing the state. The city of Flagstaff...
• Battle begins to woo state's Hispanic voters
  May 19, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Hispanics have little clout at the polls." Nationally, just 49.9 percent of Hispanics voted in the 2008 election, compared with 66.1 percent of whites, according to Census data. Hispanics were seen as key opponents of same-sex marriage. The party has had 44 percent of new Hispanics register as Democrats since 2006, while 13 percent were Republicans and more than 40 percent signed up for other categories, he said.
• Coming to America ? doing it the legal way
  May 9, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Fingerprints are no longer submitted with the application. The applicant will be scheduled for fingerprinting appointment subsequent to filing. Applicants can file up to three months before meeting the residency requirement.
• Mesa students protest immigration law
  Apr 30, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  We didn't know if they would be under their parents' supervision. Many of the students also participated in a 10-mile march last Friday around Mesa.
• Schools prepare for confusion
  Apr 25, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  ...schools cannot ask about immigration status and cannot condition enrollment on providing proof of lawful immigration. Schools can only ask where a person resides. "If the question is, 'Should parents still enroll their kids in school?' the answer is yes," Lai said. Mesa Unified School District's community liaison Deanna VillaNueva-Saucedo said earlier this week that parents often call schools when immigration laws or issues arise. "Whenever this type of legislation comes...
• Schools could be impacted by immigration law
  Apr 23, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  ...schools cannot ask about immigration status and cannot condition enrollment on providing proof of lawful immigration. Schools can only ask where a person resides. "If the question is, 'Should parents still enroll their kids in school?' the answer is yes," Lai said. Mesa Unified School District's community liaison Deanna VillaNueva-Saucedo said earlier this week that parents often call schools when immigration laws or issues arise. "Whenever this type of legislation comes...
• Immigrant processing center to open in Mesa
  Mar 17, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  ...deported by air due to the distance of their home country. The passengers flown out of Gateway will go to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which are the largest source of illegal immigrants after Mexico. OUTGOING FLIGHT: Guests walk toward a plane used to deport illegal immigrants at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ICE Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. THOMAS BOGGAN, TRIBUNE Newstex...
• Mesa event puts focus on immigration reform
  Jan 14, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Raquel Teran, the director of the state chapter of Reform Immigration For America, said similar stories of broken families, economic strife and compromised national security could be lessened with comprehensive immigration reform. "Comprehensive means a complete change to the system," Teran said. "To do this we have to build support among the people, among our elected officials, because immigration reform will impact everyone in America." The state chapter's spokeswoman, Fabiola...