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repugican member of Congress accuses Latino member of working for Mexico

From Media Matters Action:

Last week, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) called for a boycott of Arizona over the state's draconian, possibly unconstitutional immigration law. "Do not do business with a state that is propagating the idea separate but equal treatment under the law can be codified," he said.

Unlike Grijalva, Steve King (retard-IA) is a big fan of Arizona's crackdown. After praising the effort in a statement earlier this week, King blasted Grijalva's position last night. During an interview on Fox News, King absurdly suggested that Grijalva's district has been "ceded" and accused the Arizona lawmaker of "advocating for Mexico" and against the United States.

Increased talk of boycotting Arizona over draconian anti-immigrant law

This is good, and necessary.
From John Amato at Crooks and Liars:

Outrage is pouring out all across America over SB 1070. There's a ton of facebook groups popping up to help organize. The push is on to put pressure on MLB to stop supporting Arizona, their MLB franchise and now their Cactus League. Arizona has become host to 15 Major League teams that use the state for their spring training games before the start of the regular season. Cincinnati was the latest team to move their facilities over to the "police state." You may remember the departed Marge Schott, who owned the Reds was suspended from baseball for her racist epithets back in 1993.

The Cincinnati owner, the only female baseball owner, allegedly called two of her former players "million-dollar niggers" and also allegedly made disparaging remarks about Jews and Japanese.

Since almost 30% of MLB players are Latino, I'm trying to find out how many of those players are using work visas. I'm not attacking the players here, but if you were in America on a work visa to play baseball or any sport from another country and had to play in Arizona, wouldn't you be a bit unnerved?

Following Arizona, seven states considering anti-immigrant legislation

It's not entirely clear that Congress and the administration are going to have a choice but to deal with immigration this year.  

Some issues you just can't avoid.

repugican congressional candidate wants to implant microchips into Mexicans like dogs

I can think of no other rumor to better destroy the repugicans' chances at the polls than for America's 30 million Latinos to fear that repugicans want to implant them with microchips, like dogs. And in this case, the rumor is true.
From the Des Moines Register:

An Iowa repugican congressional candidate says he supports inserting microchips into illegal immigrants to track their movements, noting that's how he keeps track of his dog.

SPLC on racist Arizona law: 'a civil rights disaster and an insult to American values'

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), one of the nation's most forceful fighters against hatred and bigotry, weighed in on the new Arizona law. Here's the brutally harsh assessment:

Arizona’s newly adopted immigration law is brazenly unconstitutional and will undoubtedly trample upon the civil rights of residents caught in its path.

By requiring local law enforcement to arrest a person when there is “reasonable suspicion” that the person is in the country illegally, Arizona lawmakers have created a system that guarantees racial profiling. They also have usurped federal authority by attempting to enforce immigration law.

Quite simply, this law is a civil rights disaster and an insult to American values. No one in our country should be required to produce their “papers” on demand to prove their innocence. What kind of country are we becoming?

Damned good question! 

Mexico issues Arizona travel alert

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The Mexican government Tuesday issued a travel alert for Arizona, saying Mexican nationals could face harassment as a result of the state's new immigration law.