<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Stop the Checkpoints &#187; immigration reform legislation</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/tag/immigration-reform-legislation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com</link>
	<description>Defending civil liberties &#38; immigrant workers on the Olympic Peninsula of WA. Say NO to a police state &#38; racial profiling!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:59:52 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Is your state considering an Arizona copycat law?</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2011/01/is-your-state-considering-an-arizona-copycat-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2011/01/is-your-state-considering-an-arizona-copycat-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship by birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB1070]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Liz Goodwin liz Goodwin Fri Jan 21, 11:32 am ET More than a dozen states are considering following in the footsteps of Arizona and requiring local police officers to check the immigration status of people they suspect may be in the country illegally. Mississippi could soon become the first to do so. The state Senate handily passed a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2011/01/is-your-state-considering-an-arizona-copycat-law/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Private Prison Profits behind Arizona&#8217;s SB1070</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/private-prison-profits-behind-arizonas-sb1070/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/private-prison-profits-behind-arizonas-sb1070/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border patrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corrections Corporation of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I.C.E.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private prisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 1070]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[October 28, 2010 Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. &#8220;The gentleman that&#8217;s the main thrust of this thing has a huge turquoise ring on his finger,&#8221; Nichols said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/private-prison-profits-behind-arizonas-sb1070/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Feds say fingerprint and check immigration database or else!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/feds-say-fingerprint-and-check-immigration-database-or-else/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/feds-say-fingerprint-and-check-immigration-database-or-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secure communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[StoneGarden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Localities Warned on Fingerprinting By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Local governments cannot opt out of a federal program that checks the fingerprints of people who are arrested against a database to determine if they are illegal immigrants, the head of the immigration enforcement agency said Friday. That is because the agreement [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/10/feds-say-fingerprint-and-check-immigration-database-or-else/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Obama signs Border Bill to Increase Surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/obama-signs-border-bill-to-increase-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/obama-signs-border-bill-to-increase-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By JULIA PRESTON, New York Times  August 14, 2010 President Obama signed into law a $600 million bill on Friday to pay for 1,500 new border agents, additional unmanned surveillance drones and new Border Patrol stations along the southwest border. The measure sailed through Congress in little more than a week with broad bipartisan support, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/obama-signs-border-bill-to-increase-surveillance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ANOTHER IMMIGRATION POLICY IS POSSIBLE!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/07/another-immigration-policy-is-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/07/another-immigration-policy-is-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR-ASAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guestworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I.C.E.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work permits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Bacon Truthout Report http://www.truth-out.org/another-immigration-policy-is-possible60995         Thousands of leftwing activists just spent a week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, gathered again under the banner &#8220;Another World is Possible!&#8221;  Among them hundreds added a new subtext:  &#8220;Another Immigration Policy is Possible!&#8221;         This theme was especially popular among grassroots organizations in immigrant communities.  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/07/another-immigration-policy-is-possible/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Citizenship Law Fans Women&#8217;s Fears in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ By  Sharon Johnson WeNews correspondent Arizona&#8217;s new law on checking immigration papers rings special alarms for women whose new names after marriage or divorce might not match electronic records. Others in mixed-status relationships fear their families could get torn apart.   http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/100504/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona  Full article below:  Citizenship Law Fans Women&#8217;s Fears in Arizona By Sharon Johnson [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New immig. reform proposal based on human rights &amp; a comparison chart</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/new-immig-reform-proposal-based-on-human-rights-a-comparison-chart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/new-immig-reform-proposal-based-on-human-rights-a-comparison-chart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR-ASAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Graham immigration reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(from David Bacon &#8211; April 26, 2010)  see comparison chart following letter Dear friends, A year ago many organizations and individuals in northern California came together to affirm the need for an immigration policy based on human rights. At that meeting, we resolved to work on a strategy for meaningful immigration reform, centered around an [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/new-immig-reform-proposal-based-on-human-rights-a-comparison-chart/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Let&#8217;s Make It Real! Planning meeting-Apr. 12</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/lets-make-it-real-planning-meeting-apr-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/lets-make-it-real-planning-meeting-apr-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the April 3rd meeting of Stop The Checkpoints it was decided to hold a Planning Meeting on Monday, April 12th at 4:00 pm at the Port Angeles Library (their week-long furlough days are over now).   Planning will take place for actions on May 1st to promote real immigration reform based on human rights and workers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/lets-make-it-real-planning-meeting-apr-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Next Meeting April 3, 2pm in Port Angeles</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/next-meeting-april-3-2pm-in-port-angeles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/next-meeting-april-3-2pm-in-port-angeles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border patrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR-ASAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guestworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stop The Checkpoints will meet in Port Angeles on Saturday, April 3rd, at 2:00 pm.  Due to Library furlough of workers for a week due to budget cuts, the meeting will be held in a home near the Library.  Please email info@stopthecheckpoints.com or call 360-452-7534 for the meeting location.  Topic will be:  What real immigration reform should look like [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/next-meeting-april-3-2pm-in-port-angeles/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Immigrant rights groups slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bil</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/immigrant-rights-group-slam-obama-democrats-for-slow-action-with-legalization-bil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/immigrant-rights-group-slam-obama-democrats-for-slow-action-with-legalization-bil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border patrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guestworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 9, 2010; A02 Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/immigrant-rights-group-slam-obama-democrats-for-slow-action-with-legalization-bil/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Worker ID Card Spurs Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/worker-id-card-spurs-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/worker-id-card-spurs-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR-ASAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work permits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan By LAURA MECKLER,  MARCH 8, 2010 Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to obtain.  Worker ID Card Spurs [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/worker-id-card-spurs-controversy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Secure Communities&#8221; lets ICE use local police in secret!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/secure-communities-lets-ice-use-local-police-in-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/secure-communities-lets-ice-use-local-police-in-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Targets &#8220;Criminal Aliens&#8221; Thursday 18 February 2010 by: William Fisher, t r u t h o u t &#124; Report (Photo: r3v &#124;&#124; cls) A little-known program run by the Department of Homeland Security is using inaccurate databases and functioning &#8220;as little more than a dragnet to funnel even more people into the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/secure-communities-lets-ice-use-local-police-in-secret/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reading List on history of guest worker laws in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/reading-list-on-history-of-guest-worker-laws-in-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/reading-list-on-history-of-guest-worker-laws-in-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guestworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Resources used for “History of guest workers laws in the U.S” Educational talk by Lois Danks at Stop The Checkpoints meeting on Jan. 9, 2010 in Sequim, WA Illegal People: How globalization creates migration and criminalizes immigrants, by David Bacon, Beacon Press, Boston, 2008 They Take Our Jobs and 20 other Myths about Immigration, by Aviva [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/reading-list-on-history-of-guest-worker-laws-in-u-s/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Current Immigration Reform Legislation &#8211; links to info</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/current-immigration-reform-legislation-links-to-info/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/current-immigration-reform-legislation-links-to-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR-ASAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 4321]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Resources on Current Legislation in 111th Congress                     Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP Act), H.R. 4321, creates an earned legalization program for undocumented immigrants; includes AgJOBS and DREAM Act, provides resources for the integration of immigrants; promotes family unity and addresses backlogs; creates a labor [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/02/current-immigration-reform-legislation-links-to-info/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

