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New Federal Standards Offer Unprecedented Protections to LGBTI Prisoners
By Leslie Cooper, LGBT Project at 2:25pm Last week, the Department of Justice released the long-awaited Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations, representing the first time that the federal government has issued national standards to help end
Updated: 05/21/2012 02:38P
Hispanic Leaders In Alabama Disappointed With Governor
The leaders are upset that Bentley signed a bill that included changes to an existing immigration law in the state, a law they wanted repealed. Evelyn Servin, a community leader with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice said they were very
Updated: 05/21/2012 02:20P
Using untested law poses risks for prosecutors in NATO bomb-plot case
Using untested law poses risks for prosecutors in NATO bomb-plot case. Article (Chicago Tribune) > Controversial bird flu paper finally published despite bioterrorism fears. Article (New Scientist) > Young illegal immigrants, unwilling to accept life
Updated: 05/21/2012 02:17P
Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer veto of volunteerism bill shocks youth
Shirl Mora James is the LEAD CO-President and practices Civil Rights and Immigration Law. DeeDee Garcia Blase is the foundress of the largest Hispanic Republican group in the nation that began in Arizona and later grew out of crisis during an
Updated: 05/21/2012 02:06P
Liberal | With non-white births surpassing white births, GOP may need to
Michael Hethmon, one of the authors of SB1070, an Arizona immigration law currently under review of the Supreme Court, says he fears a minority-majority. “How many countries have gone through a transition like that — peacefully, carefully?
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:56P
Everyone Is Being Reasonable
She's still teaching law as she does it – for such a technical area she explains it remarkably clearly. And it's hard not to think that it's Justice Kagan announcing the opinion of the Court on a question of whether the kids of immigrants get the
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:56P
HB 87 Negatively Impacts Georgia Economy and Reputation
Although parts of HB 87 were temporarily enjoined as a result of the lawsuit brought by the ACLU and other organizations, the law's harmful effects are already being felt across Georgia. Immigrants and people of color feel increasingly targeted by
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:55P
Sen. Rubio Sympathizes with, then Attacks, Blameless Children
So it was quite the surprise to immigration advocates when the bill he actually introduced this week was not his promised DREAM-like proposal, but rather a bill that attacks “blameless” low-income American children.[1] His bill, which is designed to
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:52P
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
These laws - as nominated and explained each week by a locally-based expert - may be civil or criminal, and they may have been put into practice by city, county, state, federal or even international authority. The Cal Poly Pomona Landscape Architecture
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:40P
Shearer is a hypocrite - Key
By Claire Trevett Prime Minister John Key says Labour leader David Shearer was "hypocritical" demanding Act leader John Banks be sacked but accepting his own MP Shane Jones' word he'd acted properly in granting citizenship to a Chinese businessman
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:30P
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