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Le pusimos a la policía de Arizona una prueba de 'perfil racial' para ver si la pasaban

Published on Nov 12, 2012 | Source:

Primer Impacto. Para medir si existe o no discriminación, Andrea Sambuccetti viajó a Arizona y nos tiene los resultados de una atrevida y reveladora prueba de impacto.

Arizona dreamer applying for deferred action arrested

By Griselda Nevarez,  November 18, 2012 | Source: Voxxi.com

Cesar Valdes let’s his voice be heard using a megaphone at a protest.

The deferred action program giving undocumented youth reprieve from deportation and work permits was recently put to the test in Arizona when a dreamer, who recently applied for the federal program, was arrested for a minor traffic violation.

Cesar Valdes, a 20-year-old who came to the United States from Guerrero when he was a toddler, was driving his younger brother to school Thursday morning when a Phoenix police officer stopped him for driving with an expired license plate.

Valdes explained to the officer that he recently paid to have it renewed and wasn’t ticketed for the offense. Instead, he was ticketed for failing to produce a valid driver’s license and identification.

The officer proceeded to arrest Valdes because he wasn’t able to prove he was in the country legally, as required by Arizona’s new immigration law.

Day Laborers Denounce Governor Brown's Veto of TRUST Act, Pledge to Continue Fighting President's Secure Communities Mass Deportation Program

In response to Governor Brown's veto of the TRUST Act (AB 1081), Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement:

"By vetoing the TRUST Act Governor Brown has failed California's immigrant communities, imperiling civil rights and leaving us all less safe. The President's disastrous Secure Communities program is replicating Arizona's model of immigration enforcement nationally, causing a human rights crisis. Immigration and Customs Enforcement strong-armed the Governor to defend its deportation quota instead of defending Californian's rights. On this sad day, we renew our commitment to fight to keep our families together despite the Governor and the President's insistence on seeing them torn apart."

The TRUST Act Coalition and the bill's author, Asm. Tom Ammiano, will hold a press tele-briefing Monday morning, October 1st, at 11:00am pacific, to officially respond to the Governor's decision. email bloewe@ndlon.org for details.

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Jan Brewer Issues Honorary Arizona Residency to California Governor, Jerry Brown

Satire

Whether Jerry brown was firm or conflicted in his controversial legislative decisions last night was unclear but may be swayed by news he received this morning.

Jan brewer, Arizona's governor notorious for her signing of the state's racial profiling bill, SB1070, issued Brown honorary residence in her state. "Anyone who can manage to deny basic protections to domestic workers, farm workers, and entire immigrant families, all in one night, is bound to need some friends," explained Brewer. "I want him to know, Jerr, you've got a friend in me."

Many Californians awoke reporting a mix of both confusion and disappointment in their governor. Juan Castillo, a Central Valley student questioned, "It was dreamers and the immigrant community who got Brown elected. Did he forget that or just not care?"

An embarrassing but revealing moment may shed some light when Arizona's Brewer amplified on a mic that had yet to be turned off post-official announcement. She was heard saying, "I mean... I got elected by making up beheadings in the desert. I gotta give it to him... To be able to pull off that  fearmongering and still be positioned as a friend to the immigrants. I tip my hat to him on this one."

Sheriff Arpaio also caused a stir with a twitter exchange between himself and Los Angeles' Sheriff Lee Baca. "@LeeBaca glad to see civil rites won't be getting in yr way. Keep up the good work." Baca in what he thought was a private message made public when Arpaio retweeted it responded, "Thanks Joe. Aiming to hit 30k this year. YOLO," referring to the level of deportations in Los Angeles under the federal Secure Communities program, the highest in the country.

As of publication Governor Brown was unable to comment on whether or not he would accept Brewer's offer. However, for many in the Golden State, his decision to veto the TRUST Act, domestic worker bill of rights, and the Farmworkers bill already places Brown squarely in Brewer's ranks.

This article is satire and completely fictional.

 

Arpaio the last of Arizona's immigration troika

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press | Source: USNews.com

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is gearing up for what he expects will be the toughest of his five re-election campaigns.

He is facing a determined effort from immigration rights activists to push him out. A ruling may come any day in a lawsuit that alleges his department violated the civil rights of Hispanics. A second lawsuit filed by the Justice Department is making its way through the courts.

And in TV ads, he doesn't mention the signature issue that helped bring him to national prominence — a sign, people in both parties say, that illegal immigration is losing its potency.

Conor Oberst/Los Desaparecidos take aim at Sheriff Joe Arpaio in song “MariKKKopa”

Posted on August 1, 2012 | Source: The Sound Strike

Listen to New Conor Oberst Song: “MariKKKopa.”

Conor Oberst has never been one to mince words. In his latest song Conor Oberst takes aim at Racist Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio with his old pals Los Desaparecidos. ”MariKKKopa” is a had hitting punk song where Conor hits Sheriff Joe by name. The song is available August 2nd. You can check it out below. 

Conor recently told the Huffington Post, “Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented. His many “crime suppression sweeps” are some of the most egregious affronts to American values and human dignity perpetrated in this century. What he does need is to be called out at every opportunity as the criminal that he is. There are many ways of doing that. The federal government’s current law suit against him being one of them. I used the best means at my disposal to do it: a punk rock song.”

The song will be available August 2nd online.

To read the full interview with Conor check the Huffington Post.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s racial profiling trial comes to an end

By Griselda Nevárez / VOXXI News Friday, August 3, 2012.

PHOENIX — Testimony wrapped up Thursday in the civil trial against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office, who stand accused of systematically discriminating against Latinos through racial profiling.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio attorney, Tom Liddy, speaks with the media outside the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Phoenix. Testimony ended Thursday at a trial aimed at settling allegations over whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office racially profiles Latinos in its immigration patrols. (AP Photo/Matt York)

It is now up to U.S. District Judge Murray Snow to determine whether or not the Sheriff’s office violated the civil rights of five Arizona Hispanics who sued “America’s toughest sheriff.” Snow indicated Thursday that he intends to make the ruling on whether or not intentional discrimination against Latinos exists within the agency and if the policies and practices result in unreasonable search and seizure.

Snow’s final ruling will come after Aug. 16, the day attorneys from both sides are scheduled to turn in their last round of written closing arguments.

The plaintiffs – five Arizona residents who claim they were racially profiled by MCSO deputies and the organization Somos America – are not seeking monetary rewards. Instead, they want the judge to issue an injunction ordering Arpaio’s office to adopt a policy that prohibits racial profiling and defines its meaning.

Judge Snow said Thursday that if he decides to issue an injunction, he will hear from the plaintiffs and the defendants before making a decision.

The Long, Lawless Ride of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Locking up the innocent. Arresting his critics. Racial profiling. Meet America's meanest and most corrupt politician.

by: Joe Hagan | August 2, 2012 11:57 AM ET | Source: Rollingstone.com

Joe Arpaio with detainees at his Tent City, which has been slapped with a federal lawsuit. Peter Yang

Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!

Joe Arpaio, the 80-year-old lawman who brands himself "America's toughest sheriff," is smiling like a delighted gnome. Nineteen floors above the blazing Arizona desert, the Phoenix sprawl ripples in the heat as Arpaio cues up the Rolling Stones to welcome a reporter "from that marijuana magazine."

Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!

The guided tour of Arpaio's legend has officially begun. Here, next to his desk, is the hand-painted sign of draconian rules for Tent City, the infamous jail he set up 20 years ago, in which some 2,000 inmates live under canvas tarps in the desert, forced to wear pink underwear beneath their black-and-white-striped uniforms while cracking rocks in the stifling heat. HARD LABOR, the sign reads. NO GIRLIE MAGAZINES!

From behind his desk, Arpaio pulls out a stack of news clips about himself, dozens of them, featuring the gruff, no-frills enforcer of Maricopa County, whose officers regularly round up illegal immigrants in late-night raids, his 60th made only a few days ago, at a local furniture store. "Everything I did, all over the world," he crows, flipping through the stories. "You can see this week: national magazine of Russia... BBC... Some people call me a publicity hound."

"My people said, 'You're stupid to do an interview with that magazine,'" says Arpaio, talking about Rolling Stone, "but hey, controversy – well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years."

Phoenix To March Against Family Separation and SB1070

For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Carlos Garcia, Puente Arizona
Caroline Picker, Puente Arizona

Phoenix To March Against Family Separation and SB1070
We Unite to Demand the End of S-COMM in AZ, say Migrant Families and Allies

Who: Puente Human Rights Movement
What: March for Dignity
Where: Leaving Indian Steel Park, Indian School and 3rd St., Phoenix
When: Saturday, July 28th at 9 am

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.

Carlos Garcia of the Puente Human Rights Movement says, “Every day, our families are torn apart because ICE collaborates with SB1070 and Arpaio and we are not going to stand for it any longer. President Obama has the power to stop the human rights crisis in Arizona in its tracks.  We march on July 28th to show him that our communities are stronger than hate.”

Please contact us for comment or questions.

• Online Petition demanding that President Obama stop SB1070 by refusing to deport its victims: http://bit.ly/potus1070
• Video Call to Action: http://bit.ly/1070calltoaction

Why the term 'Illegal Immigrant' is a Slur

Posted: 07/06/2012 9:31 am | By Charles Garcia, CEO, Garcia Trujillo | Source: HuffingtonPost.com

Last month's Supreme Court decision in the landmark Arizona immigration case was groundbreaking for what it omitted: the words "illegal immigrants" and "illegal aliens," except when quoting other sources. The court's nonjudgmental language established a humanistic approach to our current restructuring of immigration policy.

When you label someone an "illegal alien" or "illegal immigrant" or just plain "illegal," you are effectively saying the individual, as opposed to the actions the person has taken, is unlawful. The terms imply the very existence of an unauthorized migrant in America is criminal.

In this country, there is still a presumption of innocence that requires a jury to convict someone of a crime. If you don't pay your taxes, are you an illegal? What if you get a speeding ticket? A murder conviction? No. You're still not an illegal. Even alleged terrorists and child molesters aren't labeled illegals.

By becoming judge, jury and executioner, you dehumanize the individual and generate animosity toward them. New York Times editorial writer Lawrence Downes says "illegal" is often "a code word for racial and ethnic hatred."