Immigration activists set war on SB 1070 July 28th, 2010

We need you in Phoenix on July 28th and 29th, 2010.  Arizona is in a state of siege. 


The battle ground is set for July 29th, 2010 when an abusive law, S.B. 1070, goes into effect.  Members of law enforcement known for illegal police tactics brag July 29th will be their day for massive raids on the defenseless immigrant community.

Meanwhile, Governor Jan Brewer and her wayward cast of Republican law-makers refuse to call a halt to the expected barrio raids and discrimination.  By now they know S.B. 1070 was a mistake, resulting in massive boycotts, racial profiling and an excuse for strong-arm police tactics which could even be violent, against those who are powerless.

Every person who stands for liberty and justice, in conscience, has a duty to be front and center.  We will wage war in a peaceful way, through demonstrations, through peaceful resistance, by bringing the message the vile words, “papers please” used by a madman in Europe, must not be spoken in the homeland. 

Salvador Reza from the Puente Movement says it very well:

“We are living in historic times where we do not have the luxury to be spectators while a hurricane of hate destroys our families, our dreams, our businesses and our work.”

Protest in front of Aurora Immigration Detention Facility

While details are sketchy, organizers are asking you to think about what targets would be best for you.  Some places will be “hotter” than others.  Likely, confrontations with “Little Joe” Sheriff Arpaio and his army of 900 soldiers, for example, have the potential to be dicey.  You may even want to schedule your own protest and list it on the  Alto Arizona website.

Above all, our message must be one of peace, of passive refusal to obey lawful orders to the extent of shutting down an unconstitutional system of government.  We must pass a message to other states contemplating unjust laws, “The price for your discrimination will be higher than your satisfaction gained!” 

We will stand up and be counted, we will suffer blows against our bodies without striking back if necessary, but we must remain calm in our message spoken by John Lennon many years ago, “All we are saying, is give us (the immigrant community) a chance.  All we are saying, is give peace a chance!”

Game on!

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Denver RIFA Rally successful beyond dreams! Thousands showed up in solidarity to say, “Si se puede!”

We expected 1,500 at the

Denver Reform Immigration For

 America Rally ( RIFA )

A conservative figure is 10,000, 

maybe 16,000!

How do we know? 

We had at least

3,000 in the Las Vegas Rally

a month ago…

This crowd was at least

5 TIMES as

big…

 

Colorado says NO to Arizona H B 1070!

 

Colorado Says YES! to

comprehensive immigration reform! ( cir )

 

We opened with a prayer…

 

Does she look tired?  Julieta with Padres y

Jovenes Unidos helped Denver Public School

students organize a walk-out in protest of

Arizona HB 1070 yesterday…

She is willing to pay any price,

a tireless worker for civil rights …

We R lucky to have her!

Lalo, Padres y Jovenes Unidos,

also a tireless activist,

holds the future of the nation

in his arms …

his daughter!

We hold hands today

we demonstrate

we cry

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justice for all!

Check out my You Tube videos

immigrants2bfree for video coverage

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The event was beautifully organized …

The power of the people showed us

what we can do in Colorado!

 

Signing up voters for the election!

We hope it went well for the rest of the nation!

Thanks Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition

( CIRC )

Thanks Reform Immigration For America

( RIFA )

La Reforma Migratoria Pro America!

Thanks Julie Gutierrez Colorado

RIFA State Coordinator!

Dios te bendiga a todos!

If you are from “mainstream” America

we need you to call your neighbor and tell her why

comprehensive immigration reform is
right for the country…

Section 101 speaks about border security

It provides for a billion dollars a year for four years to beef up our nations sea ports

it call for bullet proof vests for

all border patrol agents

it calls for a comprehensive review of

how we  can best allocate border resources

It provides for a six year path to citizenship after a

back ground check and payment of a fine…

The fines alone could be over 3 billion dollars

plus we will have more tax payers!

The six year path is likely to turn into a

10 year path with back logs … it is NOT amnesty!

It helps every driver get a driver’s license
so every driver can get insurance;
so every driver can be easily identified during a roadside stop for police safety!

It provides for a way to staff the future needs of the

retiring baby boomers with work visas

and other plans!

It was a great day in Colorado …

Si  vives  en  el condado de  Maricopa 

Dejate lo mas pronto que puedes …

El tiburon Sheriff “Josecito” Arpaio esta buscando

Digo “Josecito” porque
el es una persona chico usando la oficina
de Sheriff para estar un muchacho grande!

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May 1, hand 2 hand, city 2 city, street 2 street RIFA LEADS TO CIR ASAP! The Dream of 2010!

May First

We

Join Hands

City

2

City

Street 2 Street

Men+Women+Children+ Youth

Candle light vigil in Washington D.C.

We will

Celebrate

What

America

Will Look Like

With

Comprehensive

Immigration

Reform!

( CIR )

Find A

March

Near You!

^^ W/ RIFA

Arriba Rifa!

Change Takes Courage!

    You don’t have to be Hispanic to support comprehensive immigration reform.


    You don’t have to be an immigrant to protest the travesty of justice in Arizona.


     All you need is a belief that all people should be treated fairly in a land of justice!


     If you have not made up your mind then join us on May one.  Listen to the stories.  Take our hands in solidarity.  Help us bring the message of justice and equality to all in the land of the free!



Practice your Spanish*Meet the people*Don’t be afraid!


Be part of the civil rights movement of this era…if you miss it you will be kicking yourself for the rest of your life!  Tell your grandchildren you were there for the Dream in 2010!



     If you have made up your mind then we need you here with us, 1 de May.  Help tell the stories.  Help welcome the new comer to our rallies.  We will do together what no one person can do on his own.

Don’t rest on your Laurels!

Reforma Migratoria PRO America

 

Make the case for immigration reform in 2010~!

Be part of the Dream!

Be a Dream Activist!

Love your neighbor like your brother!

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Colorado prepares refugee camp - Arizona immigrants flee - Obama calls for reform in 2010 - CIR, RIFA Arpaio

In an emergency meeting Friday night, a group of Colorado



immigrant’s rights activist decided to provide shelter to families fleeing Arizona in terror.  Governor Jan Brewer signed into effect a law that makes being an illegal immigrant a crime and requires local and state police officers to detain workers whenever they suspect they lack documents.  Those ascertained as being undocumented will be made available to immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) for deportation.

Meanwhile, Sheriff  “Little Joe” Arpaio, a bully with a badge, has sworn to use the law to his advantage.

 Free at last, free at last, ohh lordy, free at last!

Sheriff “Little Joe” Arpaio can pick on

Latinos to his hearts content!

"Now if we show they're illegal, we can actually arrest them and put them in our jails," Arpaio said. 

“Little Joe’s” statement is ridiculous since he brags about detaining over 80,000 undocumented workers during his rein of terror as sheriff.  If there had been such grand impediments to arrest and detention he would not have been able to ruin so many lives.


One can reasonably imagine the reaction of the undocumented community.  Arizona has always been right-wing and anti-immigrant in their sentiment.  Like Colorado, they begrudge medical treatment to needy workers unless it is “a life threatening emergency”. 

However, the new Arizona law is so vicious it will strike terror in the hearts of grand mothers as they drive to the store.  Entire families are destined to be harassed, ripped apart, and displaced.  Employers will lose significant sums of money when their workers do not show up.  Middle class fathers may want to re-think sending their kids to college since mundane jobs like washing dishes will pay significantly more than they did before.  You can bet some of the Republican voting base that supported the law will be the first to bitch as restaurant food prices go up to cover increased labor costs.

    The biggest losers in the Arizona hate based law are citizen Latinos who are confused for immigrants.  Now is a great time to own clothing stores that carry yuppie style clothing.  No one is going to want to look remotely like they came from the poor villages of Mexico.  Woe be it to the Latino tourist, still full of the vibrations of little Mexico, if he forgets to change back into his gringo attire after crossing back into the U.S.  If he makes a mistake like that he is likely to find himself face down on the pavement as a cop slaps on the silver bracelets until the citizen’s true identity can be ascertained.

None of this will change the Coyote business which transports 80,000 plus immigrants across the Arizona border every year.  Very few of the humans who are treated like smuggled cargo remain in Arizona.  Most of them are transported to other states as fast as possible.  Hence, the Arizona hate law changes nothing.  Law enforcement has always profiled for human smugglers.


Meanwhile, immigrant groups are preparing for the flight from the witch hunt which is surely to begin.  Sheriff “Little Joe” Arpaio is not the only cop who loves harassing immigrants in order to grab headlines.  There are plenty of copycats.  Frankly, common sense says, if you are Latino and have not made arrangements to leave Arizona, now is a great time to call your travel agent. 

Arizona is going to be just as unpleasant a place for Latinos today as the deep South was for African Americans in the 1950’s. It won’t take much pretext to stop anyone of Hispanic descent, and the concept of probable cause, a reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed, might as well be abolished for Latinos.  All an officer needs to do to make his unreasonable search and seizure case stick is claim the cat he stopped looked like an illegal immigrant.  Most police officers can tell just by looking these days, although we have yet to hear a definition of the illegal immigrant look.

Surprisingly, Arizona has done the pro-immigrant legislation movement a huge favor.  National interests are focusing on the immigration debate after the issue has been wholly ignored by the press.  President Obama pledged support of immigration reform this year just a few minutes ago.  Such attention will likely lead to comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) in part through the efforts of RIFA organizing, which will make hate based laws like the one in Arizona obsolete.

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