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Supporter, * * January 21st D.C. Delegation Fundraisers * Results Of State-Wide Campaign Documenting Rights Violations * The 2009 Arizona State Legislative Session begins! * UA study faults treatment of female immigration detainees Wednesday, January 21, 2009 After the Inauguration Rally: 100 Days for Just and Humane Immigration Reform
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm; January 21st-First day of Obama Presidency. Where: Senator McCain's Tucson Office: 407 W Congress, Tucson. More information... Thursday, January 15, 2009
Please show your support for our delegation of 6 Border Action Human Rights Promoters who will be joining the D.C. Immigration event on January 21st sponsored by F.I.R.M. and the National Capital Immigrant Coalition. If you're close to D.C. and would like to join our delegation, please contact us at (520) 623-4944. The following actions are scheduled: 1:30 pm: Community Forum: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St., SW, Washington, DC o Yard Sale at the Swap Meet - Friday January 16th o Delicious Menudo Sale - Saturday and Sunday, January 17th -18th o Laptop Raffle - January 21st Thursday, January 15, 2009 Results Of State-Wide Campaign Documenting Rights Violations
"While we still found that law enforcement agencies ranked the highest in committing abuses, namely by Border Patrol, what stood out the most this year were incidents regarding housing, specifically throughout several trailer parks in Tucson," reports Yaya Ruiz, this year's Denuncia campaign coordinator. The report's findings show that possible abuses committed by landlords increased by four times as many reported in 2007, totaling 24% of all incidents turned in during the campaign. "In spite of having federal standards for fair housing practices in place for forty years now, landlords are targeting families who they presume are here unlawfully because of the color of their skin, taking advantage of them by charging excessive and absurd fines. This just shows that having a good law on the books is not enough, proper oversight and accountability is needed as well. "
Border Action Network will once again launch their State Legislative Campaign, aimed at monitoring anti-immigrant bills throughout the session, following our successful 2008 session. With your support, phone calls, and emails, we watched as 44 anti-immigrant bills were halted to the ground. While we have yet to see any anti-immigrant bills to be filed within legislature's first week back to work, we anticipate yet another busy session. Stay tuned! We will be distributing Action Alerts to our members and supporters that include a series of talking points that reflect why these bills are bad/good for the entire state of Arizona, which includes immigrant families. Immigrant families in Arizona want the same thing that other families want -a life with dignity, safety, security, good education, quality health care, clean environment, etc. Our message attempts to break the stereotype of anti-immigrant vs. pro-immigrant. Our legislators need to see and hear that. So PLEASE take the time to contact these committees as bills come up. It CAN and WILL make a difference. If you can attend a committee meeting, please do! Contact our office at 520-623-4944 if you want help registering to speak. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Women held in three immigration detention facilities in Arizona receive inadequate treatment, ranging from deficient medical care to being mixed in with people serving criminal sentences, University of Arizona researchers said Tuesday. The report issued by the Southwest Institute for Research on Women criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency responsible for detaining immigrants facing administrative deportation hearings, for a variety shortcomings. It focused on such issues as failing to recognize mental health needs, family separation, inadequate access to telephones and legal materials and severe penal conditions, such as shackling, for women who are not serving criminal sentences. Researchers cited such situations as a six-month pregnant woman without prenatal care access for more than a month and another woman, diagnosed with cervical cancer shortly before she was put into detention, who waited months to see a nurse, then saw an oncologist only after an emergency.  Make a contribution to support immigrant organizing for human and civil rights. |
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