Arizona SB 1070

“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Undocumented Immigrants

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New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández, Posted: Mar 08, 2012

 

PHOENIX — A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their attorney if they are detained and arrested during a traffic stop. Continue reading »

Court Protects Immigrants’ Right To Reopen Cases From Outside the U.S.

Special to Bilingual Weekly

April 14, 2011 Washington D.C. – A federal appellate court recently reversed a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision that would have prevented noncitizens from presenting new evidence in their removal cases – evidence that potentially could change the outcome – because they are outside the United States. Continue reading »

SB1070 in California?

Bilingual Weekly

With the MidTerm Elections over the Tea Party has switched from candidate-bashing to ridding the state of undocumented workers. Tea Party activist Michael Erickson, a Belmont, CA resident, has filed an initiative proposal very similar to Arizona’s SB 1070 —entitled “Support Federal Immigration Law Act”— to be included on the 2012 Election ballot. Continue reading »