U.S. sues over Arizona immigration practices

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Source: Washington Post

U.S. sues over Arizona immigration practices

By Jerry Markon
Monday, August 30, 2010; 8:34 PM

The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities, saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.

The suit against the Phoenix-area Maricopa Community Colleges was filed less than two months after the Justice Department sued Arizona and Gov. Jan Brewer (R) over the state's new immigration law. It also comes as the department is investigating Joe Arpaio, the sheriff in Maricopa County, who is known for tough immigration enforcement.

In Monday's lawsuit, Justice officials said the colleges discriminated against nearly 250 noncitizen job applicants by mandating that they fill out more documents than required by law to prove their eligibility to work. That violated the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, the department said.

The law's antidiscrimination provision "makes it unlawful to treat authorized workers differently during the hiring process based on their citizenship status," said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for Justice's Civil Rights Division. He said the government "is acting now to remedy this pattern or practice of discrimination."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004677.html

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1. I Predict A Race War

I'm sorry to say but I think a race war is imminent.
Our only way to avoid this is education and nothing else.
I also blame the media for stirring the pot.

We should also start a non-partisan bickering attack on Fox News and expose them for the unfair and unbalance piece of tard that they are.

I assume many here have watched "Outfoxed"?

I'm sure none of us want a Race War but I think it's brewing.
Something needs to be done