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• SWEET HOME ALABAMA: Illegal Immigrant Crackdown
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 6/16/11

Photo The Birmingham News

Not such a sweet state for illegal immigrants.  Alabama’s Governor, Robert Bentley, signed a law which will crackdown on illegal immigrants in the state.  The Alabama measure is modeled after the recent Arizona law, and Bentley claims it will withstand any legal challenges brought by civil liberties groups who try to block it.  The legislation makes it mandatory for employers to use E-Verify...

• DREAM ON: "Dream Act" Fails in Senate
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 12/18/10

Photo AP/Harry Hamburg

UPDATE 12/18:  Dreams crushed in the Senate today as DREAM Act did not pass cloture (55 voted for, 41 voted against) - needed super majority to go to up or down vote.

Original post 12/9 - The immigration drama continues! In the news, the possible passage of  The Dream Act  that would allow children of illegal immigrants to receive conditional non-immigrant status and the opportunity to reside...

• WHAT A MESS: Whitman Accused Of Knowingly Hiring Illegal Housekeeper
• Posted by • 9/30/10

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California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, has been accused by her ex-housekeeper and nanny, Nicky Diaz, of knowingly hiring her and employing her for 9 years, even though she was an undocumented worker. Gloria Allred is representing Diaz in the case that alleges that Whitman did not pay her for all of the hours she worked and knew she was in the US illegally.  Whitman says...

• COJONES: Palin Calls Out Obama On Immigration
• Posted by Photo Examiner • 8/3/10

Newsweek.com

In Sunday talk, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News, and claimed, “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has the 'cojones' that President Obama does not have to take on illegal immigration.” This comment follows the Wednesday injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to block the most controversial provisions of Arizona’s recently passed immigration law.

MOMism: “Too many balls...

• ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT?: Immigration Challenges 14th Amendment
• Posted by • 8/3/10

Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), are urging Congress to hold hearings on the validity of the 14^th Amendment, and it’s relationship to current Immigration legislation.  The 14^th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to ensure that states could not deny citizenship to former slaves. It states….

 "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the...