May 1st Marches are being held at the Following locations below. Sign up for a march or add your own!
Anchorage, AK
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Corner of Seward & Benson, Anchorage, AK
Organizer: Molly Haigh
Little Rock, AR
APRIL 29th (THURSDAY) Stand Up FOR Arkansas Public Rally
Time: April 29th, 7pm
Location: McArthur Park (corner of E. 9th & McMath)
Organizer: Manny [...]
WASHINGTON – Five states — New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida — are perilously close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackluster participation in the U.S. census.
The five were average or below average in mailing back 10-question census forms when compared to other states, trailing by as many as 5 percentage points, [...]
Amid a national debate over Arizona’s tough new immigration law, Republican Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tim James (and son of previous Gov. Fob James) vows in a new campaign ad that if he’s elected, he’ll give the state driver’s license exam only in English, as a cost-saving measure.
”This is Alabama; we speak English,” he says in [...]
If you will be joining us in Arizona for the May 1st protest marches we feel that you should either bring your own food and drinks from your homes or buy meals from Latino owned vendors here in Arizona. We are excited to have you come and help us make the statement that it’s NOT [...]
Rachel Maddow exposes the origins of Arizona’s new immigration law in the racist Federation for American Immigration Reform.
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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon on Tuesday conceded he didn’t have enough City Council support to mount a legal challenge to the new Arizona immigration law but said the city charter gave him the authority to personally sue on behalf of the city.
During a public meeting that drew more than 120 people, Gordon pulled from the [...]
– Bars governments and agencies from limiting or restricting their employees from enforcing immigration laws “to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.”
– Requires police, where there is “reasonable suspicion” the person is an illegal immigrant, to make a “reasonable attempt … when practicable” to determine that person’s legal status.
– Contains an exception [...]
On May Day, we’re telling the our elected leaders in Washington DC that we’re not going to wait any longer for them to act. They’ve made promises and pledges – now it’s time for them to keep them. Every day that they don’t pass comprehensive immigration reform, millions of families and communities suffer. Workers are [...]
“I am very disappointed in Governor Brewer today for signing this bill and disappointed with the state legislature for forwarding this to her. By signing this bill into law today, Governor Brewer has put another unfunded mandate on local law enforcement and county jails … This bill forces our already stretched county deputies to do [...]
Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Hispanic Republicans believe that it is unfortunate for Jan Brewer to support Pearce’s bill. The greatest leaders in our nation had courage, and we believe that Brewer made her decision in an effort to save her political career. Jan Brewer’s decision will mark today as the day in which Hispanic Americans [...]
