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Pearce’s ‘rule of law’ banter belies birthright-citizenship proposal
For months, Pearce has been working on legislation to deny citizenship to those born in Arizona to illegal immigrant parents. Details are sketchy, but that’s the gist.
14th Amendment plans underway as we speak
Pearce's model legislation to halt the practice of giving birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants will be unveiled the first week of January in Washington, D.C.
Immigration second, economy first
Antenori, who many believe was among the senators persuaded to vote for Pearce after he promised to delay acting on any 14th Amendment legislation until 2012, told our reporter today that he and the president-elect have come to an understanding.
Pearce caught in a pickle with GOP caucus?
Pearce's protestations to the media that he never promised to put the brakes on 14th Amendment legislation in favor of reviving the state's economy are downright false, one Republican senator said today.
State lawmakers preparing citizenship legislation
Lawmakers in states across the country are combining to work on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to parents who are illegal immigrants, the sponsor of Arizona's 2010 law targeting illegal immigration said Tuesday.
Are you sure we should reinterpret the 14th Amendment?
If you’ve studied the 14th Amendment and determined that it’s been misinterpreted, then you have plenty of company among those who believe only children of native-born or naturalized citizens should be granted citizenship.
Cities urge court to uphold ruling on Arizona law
Several Arizona cities are urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a judge's order blocking implementation of key provisions of the state's law targeting illegal immigration.
Panel to look into cost of federal health care law
A Republican state senator who last year created an ad hoc legislative committee that blasted scientific findings that global warming is man-made is at it again this year and has called together another committee to discuss the federal health care law.
Immigration lawsuit says S1070 infringes on right to travel freely
Most of the lawsuits intended to wipe out Arizona’s immigration law are based on a plethora of fears, mainly that it will lead to racial profiling and blur the lines between state and federal authority, but other arguments have surfaced over the right to travel and conduct business freely across state lines.
The real problem with AZ’s immigration law: outdated syntax
One of the accomplishments of the Civil War was to decide a crucial question of syntax.
Arizona’s immigration bill: Which level of scrutiny and what is government’s interest?
Among the arguments put forth by supporters and critics of Arizona's immigration bill, S1070, most lie upon constitutionality, the thrust of the arguments lying in the sphere of equal protection.
Russell Pearce has gone too far
I am saddened and outraged by Russell Pearce’s latest efforts to legislate bigotry and discrimination into Arizona law. As first reported in the Arizona Capitol Times, Sen. Pearce is now attempting to deny citizenship to American-born children if their parents are illegal immigrants, and to deny public education to undocumented children by requiring them to pay tuition or be forced out of sch[...]
