On Saturday July 28th, Puente Arizona and concerned community members will march to demand dignity and an end to family separation. In light of the recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the racial profiling provision of SB1070, migrant communities and their allies are demanding that President Obama stop the deportation of SB1070's victims by ending Arizona's access to federal deportation program Secure Communities. Click here to see more »
The Barrio Defense Committees applaud California Legislature for standing up to Janet Napolitano’s Secure Communities and nipping in the bud any ideas of SB1070 type laws in the State of California. “We expect our Arizona Legislators to do the same in the next legislative session,” said Sendy Vargas after hearing the news. Sendy works with the Barrio Defense Committees throughout the Valley preparing people to know their rights whenever they are stopped under SB1070 or Secure Communities. Click here to see more »
The Barrio Defense Committees applaud California Legislature for standing up to Janet Napolitano’s Secure Communities and nipping in the bud any ideas of SB1070 type laws in the State of California. “We expect our Arizona Legislators to do the same in the next legislative session,” said Sendy Vargas after hearing the news. Sendy works with the Barrio Defense Committees throughout the Valley preparing people to know their rights whenever they are stopped under SB1070 or Secure Communities. Click here to see more »
The Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law shredded the law’s radical premise — that a state can write its own foreign policy, impose its own criminal punishments on the undocumented, set its own enforcement priorities and oblige the federal government to go along. That should be the final warning to Arizona and copycat states like Alabama: stop concocting criminal dragnets for civil violators. It’s not your job and you can’t do it. But the ruling has not ended the struggle for civil rights in immigrant communities, or the fear on the ground, especially among Latinos. Far from it. It poses serious challenges to the Obama administration, responsible law-enforcement officials and immigrant advocates to keep up efforts to limit the damage when legislatures and police officers — not just in Arizona — run amok. Click here to see more »
Video shows excerpts from the Senate Judicial Hearing on April 24, 2012, It also shows testimony from Phoenix as hundreds rallied and marched on April 25, eventually blocking ICE and the streets the same day the Supreme court heard 1070. 9 protesters were arrested. Click here to see more »
While many focused on the US supreme court's consideration of Arizona's SB1070 on Wednesday, events on the streets of Phoenix and not in the court, foreshadow the future of the country's immigration debate. Within the supreme court, a very narrow legal principle was discussed – as to whether Arizona was infringing on the federal government's right to set immigration policy. In Phoenix, hundreds of demonstrators were clear about what was really at stake in the high court: a negative decision would clearly worsen Arizona's human rights crisis, but even a positive ruling would not solve it. Click here to see more »
In a state where ethnic studies are banned, a video like this becomes contraband. But banned books will not erase our history, and cancelled classes will not make us forget. Through struggle, we will write ourselves back into history. Arizona's explicit stated goal is to make life miserable for immigrants and their families through a policy of attrition (aka "Self-Deportation"). Our strategy is to bring joy. And joy is what Dr. West brought when he spent a day with us in Arizona, bearing witness to the local struggle for human rights and sharing the historical context in which white supremacy continues to linger. Click here to see more »
State Sen. Russell Pearce, the controversial architect of Arizona's immigration law, was voted out of office on Tuesday evening in a special recall election. He was defeated by Jerry Lewis, a fellow Republican who does not support the immigration crackdown and has vowed to reject gifts from special interest groups and work to ban gifts for legislators. Click here to see more »
Thanks to the 5,000 attendees who came to the Festival de Resistencia in Phoenix, AZ on September 21, 2011. Thanks to the hard work of the CDBs, Tonatierra and NDLON, speakers including Mary Rose Wilcox, 3rd Space, No More Deaths, Tierra y Libertad, Southside Day Labor Center, Derechos Humanos and representatives of the organizing committees, shared the stage with Manu Chao & La Ventura. Signed original Manu Chao "Alto Arizona" posters & Festival de Resistencia T-Shirts are still available. Click here to see more »
Border Patrol destroying water jugs left by aid organizations, taunting humanitarians and exposing hateful views on camera. Watch this video on the "Culture of Cruelty" that exists within the US Border Patrol. Read More »
