Posts Tagged ‘SB1070’
Injunction Halts Enforcement of Parts of SB1070
2:07 pm By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration · 4 Comments
28 Jul 2010With less than 24 hours to spare, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction that blocks parts of SB1070 from going into effect tomorrow.
Here’s what will not go into effect:
Portion of Section 2 of S.B. 1070
A.R.S. § 11-1051(B): requiring that an officer make a reasonable attempt to
determine the immigration status of a person stopped,
detained or arrested if there is a reasonable suspicion that
the person is unlawfully present in the United States, and
requiring verification of the immigration status of any
person arrested prior to releasing that personSection 3 of S.B. 1070
A.R.S. § 13-1509: creating a crime for the failure to apply for or carry alien
registration papersPortion of Section 5 of S.B. 1070
A.R.S. § 13-2928(C): creating a crime for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply
for, or perform workSection 6 of S.B. 1070
A.R.S. § 13-3883(A)(5): authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person where there
is probable cause to believe the person has committed a
public offense that makes the person removable from the
United States
Actions Against SB1070 Around the U.S.
12:12 pm By Maegan La Mala · arizona|California|Immigration|New York|New York City · 5 Comments
28 Jul 2010In less than 24 hours, unless a court injunction blocks it Edited to add on 2/28/5:13 pm EST that there has been a partial injunction, SB1070 will be the law in the state of Arizona. Actions across the country are being planned in solidarity with the communities that will be even more unfairly targeted than they have been. I will be continuously updating this list as more information comes to me. If you know of an event not listed here, please leave a comment below or email info@vivirlatino.com.
Most of what I have is local to me here in NYC so help me expand it so as many of us can participate and be in our streets to show that we will not accept our herman@s being harassed and attacked anywhere.
Thursday, July 29th
Bay Area
Events scheduled in the East Bay, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and more. Please visit the Indybay Calendar for details.Detroit, Michigan
4:30 pm : McNamara Federal Building 477 Michigan Ave (at Cass)
Initial endorsers: Centro Obrero, Detroit Green Party, Latinos Unidos de Michigan, Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Moratorium NOW! CoalitionNew York City
9:30 a.m. : Gather at Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m. : March Across Brooklyn Bridge
11:00 a.m. : Press Conference at Foley Square
The “We Are All Arizona” march in NYC on July 29th will raise a platform by local immigrant rights organizations including: (1) a call for an end to SB 1070 and the proliferation of copycat legislation now surfacing in over 20 states; (2) a call for an end to the use of racial profiling; (3) a demand for just and humane immigration reform that upholds family unity and human rights over increased enforcement; and (5) a call for an end to related programs such as 287(g), Criminal Alien Program, and Secure Communities (now in NY State) that use local law enforcement to tear families apart.
New Sanctuary Movement, Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project, Churches United to Save & Heal, Black Institute, DRUM-Desis Rising Up & Moving, VAMOS Unidos, American Friends Service Committee, Wind of the Spirit, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Friday, July 30th
Queens, NYC
5 pm : Gather at 83rd Street and Roosevelt Ave
March to Citifield Stadium, where Arizona Diamondbacks are playing
Sponsored by the May 1st Coalition
Saturday, July 31
Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY
Noon: Long Island Faith Community Solidarity Vigil
Port Jefferson Village Hall
Small Nebraska Town Presses Pause on Anti-Immigrant Law
6:18 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration · 1 Comment
28 Jul 2010According to many sources, A decision on whether to grant one of a few injunctions argued against SB1070 in Arizona will be decided any minute now (the judge likes cutting it very close apparently as the “show me your papers” law is slated to become the law of the land tomorrow.
Meanwhile, a copycat law in small town Fremont, Nebraska which sought to make life miserable for any immigrant by making it illegal for landlords to rent to people who could not prove their legal immigration status, has been suspended . The Fremont City Council voted for the suspension to be upheld while law is argued against by the local ACLU.
A ver if in Arizona, SB1070 can also be stopped, first through a temporary injunction then by the poder of the people.
Orgs & Feds in Court Today Against SB1070
7:36 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Justice|Phoenix · 4 Comments
22 Jul 2010Today, at 10 am EST, organizations including the ACLU, MALDEF, NAACP, National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) – a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice – ACLU of Arizona, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) will appear in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, arguing that SB1070 should not go into effect while it is being fought against in the courts.
Later today, the federal government will make the same argument in the same court.
Latin American Solidarity Against SB1070
10:51 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Latin America · 3 Comments
20 Jul 2010From regular reader/commenter Bryan in this post thread:
Seven other Latin American countries are seeking to join Mexico in challenging SB1070 as the clock ticks towards its implementation date on July 29th.
Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru all filed legal briefs supporting anti-SB1070 lawsuits. The briefs have yet to be accepted despite that they are identical to the one filed by Mexico citing that SB1070 would lead to racial profiling and negatively impact trade and tourism.
Can a Law Stop Racial Profiling
8:44 am By Maegan La Mala · race · 4 Comments
19 Jul 2010In the late 1990′s, when racial profiling, especially framed in terms like “driving while black”, was in the headlines, Congressmen like John Conyers spoke out about the possibility of legislation aimed at stopping racial profiling. Now, ten or so years later, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers Jr. and Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution,
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Chairman Jerrold Nadler introduced H.R. 5748, End Racial Profiling Act of 2010 (ERPA).
This bill is being introduced in the context of the rising use of police tactics like stop and frisk in NYC and of course laws like Arizona’s SB1070 which make it suspicious to be alive while brown.
From the official press release announcing the legislation late last week:
“The debate over racial profiling has become a central element in a much larger history of adversarial relationships between the police and communities of color,” Conyers said. “Over the past two decades, the tensions between police and minority
communities have grown as allegations of racial profiling by law enforcement agents, sometimes supported by data collection
efforts, have increased in number and frequency. The recent passage of Arizonaʼs new immigration law has crystallized the terms
of the profiling debate and demonstrates that the combination of racial discrimination and law enforcement represents a volatile
mix across all strata of the minority community. In 2001, we achieved a bipartisan consensus with the Bush administration in
support of profiling legislation and hope that we can rebuild that momentum in support of this long overdue federal action.”
English Only as Support for Arizona’s SB1070
7:09 pm By Maegan La Mala · Illinois|language · 4 Comments
17 Jul 2010While some cities and states are writing copycat laws to show their support for Arizona’s SB1070, which goes into effect in less than two weeks, some towns are using English first/English only legislation to promote anti-immigrant nativism.
The bustling township of Homer, Illinois, population 30,000, with 12 percent Latinos, passed a resolution last week making English it’s official language. They have never had an issue with immigration and all of the town’s official documents have always been printed in one language, English. The resolution was passed without opposition as a way to show support for Arizona’s SB1070 and like laws.
“We recognize Native Americans had the first language in our Country, followed by Western European dialects, with English eventually becoming dominant,” the resolution reads in part. “The Homer Township Board supports actions to enforce existing Immigration law, enforce residency requirements in our school districts, and acknowledge that English the dominant language of Homer Township.”
Republicans to Arizona’s Rescue?
8:10 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|Politics · 2 Comments
16 Jul 2010According to some Republicans in Congress, the Obama administration is being mean and picking on Arizona through it’s legal challenge to SB1070, set to go into effect on July 29th. Apparently having “more boots on the ground” on the border and programs like 287(g) and Secure Communties aren’t enforcement heavy enough so Arizona, according to the Republicans, is well within it’s right to enforce SB1070. Which is why, two Republican Senators, Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and David Vitter (La.), are planning on attaching a procedural amendment to small business legislation next week to try and block the Federal Justice Department’s lawsuit.
As far as I know, there are currently three lawsuits against SB1070, the Federal lawsuit, the LULAC/Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law suit, and the first suit filed by the ACLU and other orgs including Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) – a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, ACLU of Arizona, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The state has amassed a war chest of over a million dollars so far for the defense of the law, thanks in large part to donations.
Another Lawsuit Against Arizona’s SB1070
9:49 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration · 1 Comment
11 Jul 2010On Friday, The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Los Angeles-based Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law filed in federal court in Phoenix as a class action after seeing the training materials distributed to Arizona law-enforcement meant to guide the implementation of SB1070 set to go into effect on July 29th. According to LULAC and the Center, the training materials do indeed promote racial and ethnic profiling. According to the lawsuit, the training materials ask officers to look at factors such as a person’s ‘dress,’ ‘difficulty communicating in English,’ ‘demeanor,’ and ‘claim of not knowing others … at [the] same location,’ as providing justification for a detention based on suspected undocumented status.”
The lawsuit does take the same position as the suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, that SB1070 is violating the “supremacy” of the Federal Government to enforce immigration laws, but also expresses concern over the fact that the law also potentially will harm those immigrants who are in “limbo” status, that is those who are here undocumented but with pending petitions.
Today in NYC: Rally to Push MLB All-Star Game Out of Arizona, NO to SB1070
6:51 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration|New York City|Sports · 1 Comment
8 Jul 2010Today, June 8th at noon (EST), advocacy organizations and members of la comunidad, like yours truly, will gather outside of Major League Baseball’s headquarters, 245 Park Ave (46th and Park), to protest against Arizona’s SB1070 and to demand that MLB respect the boycott of the state and move their 2011 All-Star Game.
Late last month, VivirLatino released a statement regarding our support of the Arizona boycott and demand that the All-Star Game happen somewhere else.
I will say what the Federal lawsuit will not say, that SB1070, in it’s entirety, threatens all Latinos and has taken it’s cue from Federal programs like 287(g), Secure Communities, and the unspoken triple D Federal immigration reform program. The struggle against SB1070 cannot be separated from the wider struggle to an end to the detentions, deportation, and disappearances under the guise of “homeland security”.
The 2011 MLB All Star Game is scheduled to take place in Phoenix at Chase Field.
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