tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post5476021058513269309..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Personal and political of immigrationGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-62452911018692075132012-03-07T18:33:08.713-05:002012-03-07T18:33:08.713-05:00HuffPost : Alabama's unleashed widespread bigo...HuffPost : Alabama's unleashed widespread bigotry : Latinos buying groceries have been asked by check-out clerks for their papers, and children who do show up at school are asked why they haven't yet gone back to Mexico<br /><br /><br />"Arizona's losses have totaled $141 million in conference cancellations alone and $253 million in overall economic output. In 2011, Georgia suffered a $300 million estimated loss in harvested crop statewide, with a $1 billion total estimated impact on Georgia's economy. The fallout continues. Just yesterday, the American Educational Research Association, one of the largest educational organizations in the country, announced its decision to move its 2013 annual conference out of Georgia and to a state where all its members would feel welcome"<br /><br /><br />Huffington Post<br />Why States Are Already Shifting Away From Alabama and Arizona's Failed Anti-Immigrant Experiment<br />By Jon Blazer, <br />Jon Blazer is Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU ( American Civic Liberties Union )<br />February 29, 2012<br /><br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-blazer/the-verdict-is-out-why-st_b_1310224.html<br /><br /><br />.............Defensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.com