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Getting ready tdy for July 29, doing door to door in the barrios to support the
Barrio Defense Committees.
Carlos Montes
Subject: Immigrant rights struggle heats up in Arizona
SB1070
Immigrant rights struggle heats up in Arizona
By Charla Schlueter
Phoenix, AZ - Tensions build as July 29 nears – the date set for the racist law
SB1070 to go into effect. Under this law police officers will have the power to
demand immigration papers from any person who they stop. Garage sales have
already begun lining the streets of Arizona as families flee trying to escape
the impending oppression.
As the tension has mounted, so has the struggle for human rights. Activists
from all over the nation are descending on Phoenix to organize against this
law, joining grassroots organizations in Arizona. Already, on July 22, 16
people were arrested for blocking an intersection in an act of defiance saying,
“We will not comply!”
In the 90-degree heat of the evening, over 100 community organizers sat outside
gearing up for the huge events this Thursday, July 29. The actions will begin
at 8:00 a.m. with a march to the courthouse. Later in the day activists plan to
confront Sheriff Arpaio and rally outside the county jail. “After this
Thursday, we won’t even be allowed to be on the sidewalks to find work,” said
Karlos, an activist with PUENTE. Asked why he fighting back, Karlos replied,
“They just want to scoop us up and throw us out, but we won’t let them.”
A somber testimony from a pair of Guatemalan day laborers at the meeting
highlighted the urgent need for legalization and reform.
One of the workers spoke about how his cousin (also a day laborer), was picked
up for a job one day. “I never saw him alive again,” the man confided. He had
fallen to his death from a palm tree where he had been working. The employer
disappeared without a trace and with no way to be held accountable by the law.
“Now we just need $500 to send him home.” The activists at the meeting rallied
and in an act of solidarity raised over $1000 passing around a baseball cap.
It is this kind of unity that will win the struggle for immigrant rights. These
communities refuse to be silenced or bullied into submission. The meeting ended
with people stating why they organized, one older Latino man shouted from the
crowd, “Because we are not animals!” Copycat laws are starting to encroach on
other states. Now is the time to get involved and help in the fight for full
legalization!
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