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JT Ready, a leader in the Arizona anti-immigrant movement, has apparently killed four people and then committed suicide. Ready had been a political ally of Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB-1070. In recent years Ready has “come out” as an avowed racist, but as recently as five years ago he was...
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Russell Pearce, the primary sponsor of Arizona’s “show me your papers” anti-immigrant law, appears to have been defeated. Pearce is president of the Arizona State Senate. Pearce, once one of Arizona’s most powerful politicians, suffered a series of legislative defeats after gaining a national platform in 2010. His attempt to defy the 14th Amendment’s...
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Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce is the author of that state’s anti-immigrant SB-1070 legislation. He’s facing a recall election in three weeks and is being hard pressed by a fellow Mormon running against him. His district’s Republican electorate includes many Mormons. At a recent meeting, Pearce chased out news cameras before speaking with constituents,...
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Russell Pearce was the man behind Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB-1070. His unpopularity has made him the subject of a recall election. On Nov. 8 he will be challenged by a moderate Republican seeking to unseat him. Pearce’s allies have tried to undermine a straight-up election by running a Latina woman with no political background...
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The man anti-immigrant activists regard as their guiding legislative light is Russell Pearce, author of Arizona SB-1070 and of bills that would take citizenship away from the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. This year he was elected President of the Arizona State Senate. He has become a fixture on Fox and at tea party...
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Arizona marks 150th anniversary of the Civil War with its own secession crisis. Reenactors flock to desert.
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The first national Tea Party convention chose to meet in Phoenix to show support for Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB-1070. The Tea Party Patriots assembled more than 2,000 strong to consolidate a movement that now has the allegiance of nearly 40% of Republicans. With half of freshmen in Congress calling themselves Tea Party candidates, the...
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Is Russell Pearce trying to keep immigrant voices from being heard by the legislature by keeping Latino leaders out?
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Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce was the principal sponsor last year of SB 1070 and is the primary driver for a host of anti-immigrant bills wending their way through the legislature this month. In spite of ample evidence to the contrary, Pearce, like many restrictionists, claims to be anti-illegal immigration, not anti-immigrant. What...
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Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB-1070 “Papers Please” law, has introduced a new bill attacking immigrants and their children. Called the Omnibus Immigration Bill, the proposed law would make it harder for undocumented immigrants to register their children for school and create a new crime for state workers who don’t report undocumented...
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