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Groups file another challenge to immigration law
Another lawsuit challenging Arizona's law targeting illegal immigration is being filed Monday.
Gov. Brewer wants panel to combat ‘mistruths’ on law
Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday formed a task force of tourism officials and business leaders to help the state's struggling tourism industry in the face of what she called "mistruths" about the state's controversial new law targeting illegal immigration.
Austin officials vote to boycott Arizona
The Austin City Council has voted to cut business and travel ties with Arizona to protest the state's new law targeting illegal immigrants.
AP-Univision Poll: Immigration splits Americans
Illegal immigrants are a boon, not a burden to the country, a resounding majority of Hispanics say, according to an Associated Press-Univision Poll that underscores sharp contrasts between the views of Hispanics and others. Most non-Hispanics say illegal immigrants are a drain on society.
Tucson Republican backs so-called ‘nanny bills,’ defends S1070
While Melvin has remained solid on the core GOP agenda, he was rated lower on the conservative scale by the Pachyderm Coalition mostly because he sponsored bills that would have banned texting while driving, smoking in cars while children are inside and riding in the back of a pickup.
Capitol Quotes: May 14, 2010
“It’s time for you to end his fairy tales.” — Citizens Clean Elections Commission attorney Jose Rivera, telling Judge Crane McClennen to reject an appeal by Rep. Doug Quelland in a May 10 hearing. Quelland, a Phoenix Republican, has been ordered from office by the Clean Elections Commission for illegally hiring a campaign consultant.
Lawyers keep conference in Phoenix despite new law
The American Bar Association says it will still hold a long-planned conference in Phoenix but restructure it to focus much of it on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigration.
ICE rescues 3 Salvadoran kids held in Phoenix area
Federal authorities say they have rescued three Salvadoran children who were being held hostage by suspected human smugglers in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Phoenix could lose $90M from immigration fallout
A city official says Phoenix could possibly lose hotel and convention center business worth about $90 million over the next five years because of fallout from Arizona's new immigration law.
UN rights experts criticize Arizona law
Six U.N. human rights experts say a new law on illegal immigration in Arizona could violate international standards that are binding in the U.S.
Kirkpatrick to propose 3,500 more border agents
U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona plans to introduce a proposal Tuesday that would add 3,500 new agents to the Border Patrol in an attempt to improve security along the US-Mexico border and keep drug violence in Mexico from spilling into the United States.
Clean Elections made S1070 possible?
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus this week claimed Clean Elections is a partial culprit behind S1070. Marcus claimed that public financing, the result of a push from "good government types" on the left, "worked too well" at freeing candidates from the extremist-screening of the business community.
