Archive for the ‘arizona’ Category
Monday Musica y Mensaje : Rodrigo y Gabriela for the Sound Strike
8:40 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Music · 1 Comment
4 Oct 2010
Jan Brewer and the Headless Horsemen Coming Home to Roost
3:54 pm By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Media|U.S.-Mexico Border|Violence · 6 Comments
10 Sep 2010Arizona Governor Janet Brewer is most recently known for 16 seconds of silence and way too much talking shit before those 16 seconds. From America’s Voice:
Brewer had to admit that she wasn’t exactly being accurate when she talked about headless bodies in the Arizona desert. Her false justification for SB1070 isn’t isolated however. Seems the whole country is doing it, it being exaggerating and/or just plain old misleading people when it comes to the situation along the U.S. Mexican border.
What Brewer, hasn’t addressed is the role that U.S. policy has on violence in Mexico. For example, a report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns (PDF file of the report here) states that 90 percent of the guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes originate from the U.S. nor has Brewer responded publicly regarding her possible connection with Corrections Corporation of America and how that connection may have played a role in her deciding to sign SB1070 into law. What Brewer has done, well what her campaign for governor has done anyway is stop ads from running on the TV station whose local news has been conducting an investigation on the possible CCA Brewer connection.
U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
1:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Women · Comments Off
3 Sep 2010Yesterday morning, the United States Department of Justice announced the filing of a lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio over his refusal to cooperate with a federal civil rights investigation by refusing to turn over requested documents for a year and a half.
America’s Voice has done a great job of researching and compiling his numerous civil rights violations and how ineffective they are in the context of “serve and protect”.
INEFFECTIVE TACTICS
* Violent Crime Rates Rise Under Arpaio, Fall in Rest of Arizona
* Under Arpaio, 911 Response Time Increased, Arrest Rates Decreased
* Arpaio Admits He Arrests ”Very Few” Non-Hispanics
* Over 40,000 Un-served Felony Warrants
* Conservative Think Tank Report: Arpaio’s Policies are Ineffective, Harmful, and a Waste of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
* Mesa Police Chief: Arpaio’s Approach Hurts Community SafetyOPERATING ABOVE THE LAW
* Arpaio Under Investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for Civil Rights Abuses
* Arpaio Under FBI Investigation for Using his Power to Intimidate Political Opponents
* Judge Says Conditions in Arpaio’s Jails “Violate the Constitution”
* 2,700 Lawsuits Filed Against Arpaio
* Federal Officials Take Away Arpaio’s Deputies’ Authority to Make Immigration Arrests, Arpaio Vows to Defy the Restriction
* Arpaio Threatens Attorneys with Criminal Charges for Criticizing Him
* Department of Labor Investigates Arpaio, Finds He Owes Employees $2M in Unpaid Overtime
* Arpaio Suspected of Misspending $50M in Taxpayer Funds, Refuses to Turn Over Records
* Advocates Awarded $475,000 for Civil Rights Violations by Arpaio Deputies
* Arpaio Stages Phony Murder Plot Against Himself, Accused Released for Wrongful Imprisnment, County Pays Over $1 Million to SettleINSPIRING TERROR IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
* Arpaio Marches Immigrants in Shackles to Tent City Surrounded by Electric Fence
* Arpaio Separates Mother from Kids for Unpaid Traffic Ticket
* Arpaio Conducts “Crime Suppression” Sweeps in Latino Communities
* Arpaio Forces Mother to Give Birth while Handcuffed to Bed
* Arpaio’s Deputies Deploy Heavy Duty Machine Guns
Viernes Video : Arizona’s Jan Brewer Has Done So Much but Can’t Really Explain It
9:12 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Politics · 2 Comments
3 Sep 2010This is not really something to point and laugh at because really how can you laugh at incompetence veiled in hate. It’s really hard for me as an outsider in Arizona to know if Gov. Brewer’s 16 seconds of pain is a case of nerves or an indication of her inability to effectively govern as indicated by signing laws like SB1070 that hurt the state and it’s people. What do you think?
DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo
2:29 pm By Maegan La Mala · arizona|DREAM Act|Immigration · 2 Comments
30 Aug 2010Dear Mr. President,
My name is Lizbeth Mateo and I am undocumented. On May 17th, on the 56th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, I, along with Mohammad Abdollahi, Yahaira Carrillo and two others, became the first undocumented students to risk deportation by staging a sit-in inside Senator McCain’s office in Tucson, Arizona, to demand the immediate passage of the DREAM Act. As a result of that sit-in we were arrested, turned over to ICE, and we now face deportation.
Viernes Videos : Leaving Arizona and Anchor Babies Behind
8:51 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Uncategorized|Videos · 4 Comments
20 Aug 2010Believe it or not, it’s emotionally and spiritually exhausting to come to the digital page daily and write about the struggles of the community.
So to start off this beautiful day let’s think of ways to escape (or survive in Arizona). Hat tip to Laura Martinez of Mi Blog es Tu Blog for tweeting the hell out of this.
And the latest from News with Nezua on the “Terror Baby” madness and healthier alternatives.
News With Nezua | Terror, Baby! from nezua on Vimeo.
Monday Morning Mini-Movie Via La Frontera Times : Ice Breaker
6:00 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Justice · 1 Comment
16 Aug 2010Deportations While Leaving the U.S. Make the Case for No Sense and All Dollars
8:21 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration · 1 Comment
4 Aug 2010A favorite line of many anti-immigrant peeps : “if you don’t like it, just pack up and leave” may have to be revisited, because it seems like the U.S government isn’t even about to let immigrants return home easily.
Bonnie Arellano, a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that when illegal immigrants are detected trying to leave the country, they are not just ushered across the line. Instead, they are processed and formally removed.
The consequences of an arrest can be harsh: Those deported for unauthorized presence in the U.S. may be barred for 10 years from seeking legal immigrant papers. In addition, a later arrest for illegal entry may be prosecuted criminally.
The Carrot and Stick of U.S. Citizenship
9:20 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Puerto Rico · 11 Comments
3 Aug 2010The last time I wrote about U.S. citizenship, I got beat down pretty hard by some peeps I admire for viewing it through the lens of “privilege”, that is how citizenship, held up as the end all and be all of life in the United States affords certain privileges that non-citizenship does not, mainly voting rights and a certain level of security that I will not/cannot expelled from the country (save a seditious conspiracy charge or something I guess). Even the “privileges” of U.S. citizenship are conditional however. You must actually live in the United States, not in one of it’s colonies in order to vote for President and have actual representation in Congress. Your right to vote can be and will be taken away if you are convicted of a felony. Thinking of who are the colonial U.S. citizens and who are the overwhelming number of felons (thanks in no small part to disparities in drug sentencing laws and racial profiling) U.S. citizenship as a carrot to prove loyalty and as a stick to beat communities of color with, isn’t a new concept. So now, with renewed threats of taking away the citizenship status of the U.S. born children of undocumented immigrants, I am reflecting again on the idea of “citizenship” and how that has been used specifically against people of color, immigrants mujeres, and our children.
From DREAM Activist : Stop the August 8th Deportation of Arizona DREAMer Marlen Moreno
10:22 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Family|Immigration|Justice · 5 Comments
2 Aug 2010
Regardless of what parts of SB1070 are in effect or not, the lack of Congressional will to push Comprehensive Immigration Reform and/or the DREAM Act means that familias continue to be at risk. Take for example the latest struggle from the DREAM Activist peeps. Marlene, a mother of two small children in Arizona, woke up one night and was detained by 10 armed deputies. Marlene’s husband is a legal permanent resident and hew two children are U.S. citizens. Her situation highlights the struggles of so-called mixed status families.
It pains me to see these stories coming through and that we have to fight case by case, one by one, mujer by mujer, madre by madre instead of being able to take care of entire communities.
Porfa, sign the petition to keep Marlene’s family together. And consider the following actions as well :
1. Call Rep. Grijalva (202-225-2435) and ask that he introduce a private bill on behalf of Marlen. Ask that he contact DHS and ICE immediately urging them to stop Marlen’s deportation.
2. Call Rep. Gutierrez (202-225-8203) and ask that he also introduce a private bill on behalf of Marlen. Ask that he contact DHS and ICE immediately urging them to stop Marlen’s deportation. Script for members of congress:
“Hi, my name is ____. I am calling about Marlen Moreno. She is a bright and talented DREAMer from Arizona. She is married to a legal resident and has two U.S. citizen children, but yet still faces an August 8th deportation. I am calling to ask that the representative step up to the plate and introduce a private bill for Marlen, in addition to directly contacting John Morton and Janet Napolitano, urging the both of them to immediately halt Marlen’s deportation. Please do not allow for Marlen to be deported! Thank you.”
3. Call Janet Napolitano, Director of Department of Homeland Security, and leave comments of support for Marlen and also ask that DHS stop her deportation: 202-282-8495
**note this is an answering machine, once it is full it is out of commission for day. Fill it up now with Marlen calls.
4. Call Assistant Secretary to ICE, John Morton and leave a message urging him to take action and defer Marlen’s deportation: 202.732.3000 **Note this is a live comment line, i.e. a human being will pick up and take your message.
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