Richmond Times-Dispatch: "Without the Democrat-controlled Senate that has stopped it in years past, legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants in Virginia has begun its path through the General Assembly.
Two bills that would require law enforcement officers to make citizenship inquiries of everyone arrested were reported out of subcommittee and are expected to clear the House Courts of Justice Committee today on their way to the full House. The more contentious of the two, House Bill 1060, would require police officers throughout the state to make citizenship inquiries of everyone arrested for any offense, regardless of whether they are taken to jail." read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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