Minnesota Independent

Facing pressure, Emmer event in Latino community canceled

By Andy Birkey | 10.25.10 | 8:46 am

A rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer at a Lake Street Mexican restaurant was canceled on Thursday after pressure from members of Minnesota’s Latino community and supporters. The rally, to be held at a popular Lake Street restaurant, was canceled after the owner was told the event was for Emmer. He told Spanish-language radio station La Invasora 1400 that the organizers failed to tell him it was a political rally.

GOP legislators cross-country seek to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants

By Elise Foley | 10.20.10 | 8:40 am

Texas state Rep. Leo Berman, along with more than a dozen other Republican state legislators across the country, plans to introduce a bill in the next session calling for his state to discontinue automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. His goal: To get sued for violating the 14th Amendment.

Immigration bill includes gay-rights provision

By Elise Foley | 09.30.10 | 11:00 am

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill yesterday, including a somewhat controversial provision to extend family-based immigration for same-sex couples. If passed — it’s unclear whether even the reform bill could — the provision…

Report: Ending birthright citizenship could increase undocumented population

By Elise Foley | 09.08.10 | 2:04 pm

There have been plenty of arguments against this summer’s calls by politicians (including Tim Pawlenty) to end birthright citizenship: They were called racist, bad politics and political posturing. But ending birthright…

Should undocumented students be allowed to attend school?

By Elise Foley | 09.07.10 | 10:13 am

Anti-immigration rhetoric has recently taken a bizarre turn to targeting children, with a flood of statements about the possibility of denying citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. The latest push comes in the form of opposition to…

A rundown of the seven legal challenges to SB 1070

By Elise Foley | 09.03.10 | 1:30 pm

Arizona faces seven legal challenges to its SB immigration law — which is part of why the state needs the $3.6 million in donations it has

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Bachmann, Kline among 66 GOPers filing brief in support of Arizona immigration law

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.03.10 | 1:00 pm

Reps. Michele Bachmann and John Kline are among 66 Republican congressional members who signed an amicus brief urging an appeals court to uphold Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070. The brief, dated yesterday and filed by the American Center for…

Fed study: Immigrants don’t steal American jobs

By Elise Foley | 08.31.10 | 9:01 am

One of the major complaints against immigration — both legal and illegal — is that non-Americans take jobs that could be occupied by citizens during a

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RNC tries to distance party from Arizona immigration law

By Elise Foley | 08.24.10 | 2:31 pm

As a party, Republicans want to have it both ways on immigration — to tout anti-immigration policies without alienating Latino voters. On Monday, for instance, RNC Chairman Michael Steele attempted during an interview with Univision to distance

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Dayton speaks out on Target donation to MN Forward

By Andy Birkey | 08.24.10 | 1:24 pm

As fallout continues over Target’s decision to give to MN Forward, an independent expenditure committee that is backing Republican Tom Emmer for governor, DFL candidate Mark Dayton expressed disappointment over the the donation and said that if his family…