Making the News This Week: National Guard chief Gen. Craig McKinley announces 1,200 armed Guard personnel will be deployed for a year beginning Aug. 1 along the Mexican border to help protect against undocumented migrants and smugglers, Nearly half will be assigned to Arizona...The Senate Judiciary Committee sends, by 13-6 vote, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to forward to the full Senate for confirmation, likely next week. Lone Republican “aye” vote was that of Lindsey Graham of South Carolina...U.S. Senator Jim Webb, a Virginia Democrat, authors a Wall Street Journal column attacking federal affirmative action programs, stating they have “marginalized many white workers... Many programs allow recently arrived immigrants to move ahead of similarly situated whites whose families have been in the country for generations.” ... Third-ranking GOP House member Mike Pence of Indiana and Texas’ Pete Sessions are among at least a dozen Republicans to join the chamber’s new Tea Party Caucus.
Preliminary Injunction Halts Major Components of Arizona’s SB 1070
By: Michael Marcell and Luis Carlos López
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday that halts major components of the Arizona SB1070 from taking effect Thursday — 90 days after Gov. Jan Brewer signed it into law.
Her ruling came less than 24 hours before full-enforcement came into effect, just as police officials were making last-minute preparations.
updated: 7/29/2010
Latinos Still Unsure of Impact Calif. Prop.14 Will Have on Primary Elections
By Brendan Cavanagh
The Hispanic community remains undecided regarding California’s Proposition 14, which will change the state primaries to a ‘top-two’ system in 2012. All candidates, regardless of party affiliation or lack thereof, will compete in a single free-for-all, with the top two continuing on to the November election.
Proposition 14 passed June 8 by 53.6%- 46.4%, or 2,570,439 to 2,229,181 votes.
Franken Bill Protects Children of Families Captured in ICE Raids
By Tiana Pugh
Democratic senators Al Franken of Minnesota and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin are rallying support for a bill they introduced June 22 to protect children of parents who are on the verge of deportation.
The bill, the Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take adequate steps in protecting the children’s best interests during raids and the placement of their parents in detention centers.
No date has been set for the law to take effect.
U.S. Spy Suspect Is Swapped to Russia, Reportedly Will Return to Peru
By Alex Galbraith
Vicky Peláez, prominent Spanish-language journalist arrested as an agent of the Russian government, was expelled to Russia July 9 along with nine other suspects, including her husband, Juan Lázaro.
They were exchanged for four persons jailed in Russia on charges of working for the U.S. government.
UTAH, OTHER STATES ARE CONSIDERING ADOPTING OWN VERSIONS OF ARIZONA’S SB1070
By Tiana Pugh
Since the passage of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 in April, lawmakers in several other states such as Utah are working on bills similar to Arizona’s anti-immigration law, which now faces a challenge by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Like Arizona, Utah legislators say they are frustrated with federal inaction.
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