Author Archives: Bob Libal

A full half of all people sentenced to federal prisons are now Latino while Latinos make up only 16% of the total population, according to a new report from the Associated Press (Garance Burke, Hispanics new majority sentenced to federal … Continue reading →

More Latinos are going to prison, and not because they are committing more crimes than they did in the past. That’s the analysis behind an Associated Press (“More Hispanics go to federal prison,” June 4) article last month.  The reason … Continue reading →

Last week, the National Catholic Reporter ran an insightful and critical article on the impact of Operation Streamline (“A ‘maddening’ system, from courtrooms to shelters,” July 1st) in Tuscon, Arizona.  The article starts with a typical description of the kind … Continue reading →

Despite deep cuts in other parts of the budget, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl of Arizona are proposing an expansion of Operation Streamline in their Senate bill 803.  Here’s the text of the bill: SEC. 5. ENHANCING EXISTING BORDER … Continue reading →

A newly released report from TRAC shows what this blog has documented since its inception – a massive increase in the use of federal criminal prosecutions for border-crossers in districts along the border.  Previous to Operation Streamline, most border-crossers would … Continue reading →

I found this article in the Arizona Daily Star (“Judge asks to delay felony trials,” January 5) to be interesting. It appears that Operation Streamline and an influx of cases in the Tuscon area generally is contributing to a crisis … Continue reading →

The Yuma Sun (“Yuma Sector expands Operation Streamline,” December 20) is reporting that the Yuma sector of the Border Patrol will expand Operation Streamline into the neighboring area of Ajo, (Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kenneth) Quillin said the operation will … Continue reading →

Via the Arizona Politics blog, an interesting note about the proceedings of the United Nation Human Rights Council’s “Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review.”  Several nations brought points related to Arizona’s tough new immigration law, … Continue reading →

Last week, the the GOP announced it’s “Pledge for America” – a campaign tool meant to hark back to the 1994 Contract for America that lead to sweeping Republican mid-term election gains. The Washington Independent (Elise Foley, “‘Pledge to America’ … Continue reading →