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On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote: > For reasons including those Michael describes, I am always reluctant to > support boycotts of state actors, and never do so until asked by substantial > organized constituencies within the affected states themselves (the African > National Congress, Palestinian civil society). To date, I am unaware of any > such request originating from Arizona. Someone's not paying attention. This is just the tip of the spear: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/us/07immig.html?ref=politics Latino Groups Urge Boycott of Arizona Over New Law By JULIA PRESTON Published: May 6, 2010 Several large Latino and civil rights organizations on Thursday announced a business boycott of Arizona, saying that a tough anti-illegal immigration law there would lead to racial profiling and wrongful arrests. The boycott call was led by the National Council of La Raza, or N.C.L.R., one of the nation’s biggest Latino groups, and was joined by the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Puerto Rican Coalition. The groups said they would ask members and supporters to refrain from planning conventions or conferences in Arizona and from buying goods produced in the state. “The law is so extreme, and its proponents appear so immune to an appeal to reason, nothing short of these extraordinary measures is required,” Janet Murguía, the president of N.C.L.R., said Thursday at a news conference in Washington. The organizations said they would collect signatures on a pledge committing supporters to pressure corporations to stop doing business with Arizona. Also participating were the Service Employees International Union, the United Food and Commercial Workers union, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of about 200 groups including African-American and Jewish organizations. The Arizona law would require the state and local police to question people about their immigration status based on a “reasonable suspicion” that they might be illegal immigrants. Adopted on April 23, the law has not yet taken effect and is facing legal challenges. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, sent a letter on Thursday to Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, asking her to call on the Legislature to delay the new law for one year, to give Congress time to enact an immigration overhaul. He also asked Ms. Brewer, a Republican, to help raise support among Congressional Republicans for the overhaul. Ms. Brewer has said the state was forced to act because the federal government failed to control illegal immigration. Mr. Schumer is the main author of a proposal offered last week by Democrats, which would increase spending for border security and open a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants. In Los Angeles, the police said they arrested more than a dozen protesters who chained themselves together on Thursday and blocked traffic in front of a federal immigration detention center downtown to protest the Arizona law. In Phoenix, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County said officers arrested 24 immigrants in a raid Thursday morning on a local company, Lasermasters, accusing them of felony identity theft for working with false documents. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/96457-seiu-announces-arizona-boycott SEIU announces Arizona boycott By Eric Zimmermann - 05/06/10 11:53 AM ET One of the nation's biggest labor organizations announced today it will boycott Arizona. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) said its 2.2 million members will not attend any meetings or conventions in Arizona as long as the new immigration law is in place. “On behalf of working families and the more than 8 million residents of Arizona, we will not back down until the Arizona state legislature, the courts or the Federal Government invalidates this dangerous and discriminatory law," said Eliseo Medina, SEIU Executive Vice President. SEIU joins other civil rights groups, including National Council of La Raza, in boycotting the state. Tourism is a significant part of Arizona's economy, and boycotters hope that staying out of the state will pressure the legislature to repeal the law. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has urged organizations not to hold meetings or conferences in his state. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
