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Hutchison had never been a “serious” bird-watcher until she saw a crowd observing a red-tailed hawk near Lamont Library in mid-June of 2009 that piqued her curiosity. Since that day, she has been observing hawks at Harvard, photographing and shooting videos...
This past week, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) unabashedly joined the jingoist wing of his party. Supplementing his earlier support for Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, “The Maverick” launched a television advertisement shamelessly catering to militarists. In the video, McCain, accompanied by a...
Much of the pressure behind SB 1070 is rooted in myths about crime and undocumented immigration. Contrary to conventional wisdom, crime rates have been decreasing in Arizona for years—and it’s not because of draconian policing laws. Undocumented immigrants are less likely to...
As for the argument that a rapid build-up of federal forces will prevent unauthorized immigration and violence on the border, that claim is debunked by the factual history of enforcement. We’ve been beefing up the border for years: Since 1990 the number of Border Patrol agents...
Given Arizona’s current tensions, more enforcement-only legislation can only provoke violence. There’s something sinister going on: an unholy and unreasonable alliance between actual bigots and citizens understandably concerned about jobs and safety. When politicians like McCain generalize undocumented immigrants as violent...