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In this issue:
* 100-Day Countdown for Just and Humane Immigration Reform
* Fundraiser Alert: Sony Vaio Laptop and Kodak Printer Dock Raffles
* Civil-rights trial starts for migrant-detaining rancher
* Upcoming Events: Valentine's Day Serenades!
* Letters and Video Postcard Going Out to President Obama
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
100-Day Countdown for Just and Humane Immigration Reform
 With the goal of ensuring that President Obama stays true to his promise of addressing immigration policy within his first 100 days in office, Border Action Network and other participating organizations including No More Deaths, American Friends Service Committee, Tierra y Libertad, Stop the Raids, MECHA, and Frontera de Cristo, held a rally in front of Senator McCain's office on January 21st, to coincide with D.C.-based community and human rights counterparts, who organized a similar event in D.C. the same day. A six member Border Action Network Human Rights Promoter delegation represented Arizona in Washington D.C. at the rally there.
Border Action Network believes that it has been far too long that Arizona residents have shouldered the burden of failed immigration reform, where an enforcement-only approach perpetuates the human rights crisis within the border region. In spite of this burden of failed immigration and border policies, Border Action member, Celeste Espinoza, believes that, "while the time for this was yesterday, last month, over a decade ago, I am hopeful that the Obama Administration will advance a policy that is not only humane, stops the raids that are terrorizing Latino communities and separating families, but also respects the complexities of our rich cultural heritage along the U.S./Mexico border."
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Video
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Fundraiser Alert: Sony Vaio Laptop and Kodak Printer Dock Raffles
Your contributions will help us send our Human Rights Promoters to Washington D.C. to advocate for fair and just immigration reform!
Sony Vaio laptop details:
$10/ticket donation
 Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2310
(1.46GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
1GB (512MB X 2) DDR2-533 SDRAM
120GB SATA (5400rpm)
DVD+-RW/+-R DL/RAM
15.4" WXGA TFT Display with XBRITE-ECO technology
Memory Stick PRO Compatible
Kodak EasyShare G600 Printer Dock details:
$5/ticket donation
 Pull-out handle
Convenient paper tray storage
Print with or without a computer
High quality, real KODAK Pictures in just 60 seconds* with the touch of a button
Worry-free prints-get waterproof, fingerprint-proof, stain-resistant, wipeable prints that last a lifetime with KODAK XTRALIFE™ Lamination
Clever new design lets you take the fun with you for anytime, anywhere picture printing and sharing
Get better, brighter pictures and red-eye reduction with automatic KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology
To purchase your tickets, please call (520) 623-4944 or stop by our office at 842 S. 6th Ave.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Civil-rights trial starts for migrant-detaining rancher: Lawsuit alleges he held 16 crossers captive at gunpoint
Arizona Daily Star
By Brady McCombs
Trial in a civil rights lawsuit against Cochise County rancher Roger Barnett began Monday in federal court in Tucson.
The latest suit against the controversial rancher stems from a 2004 incident in a wash near Douglas when Barnett approached a group of illegal immigrants while he was carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs - five women and 11 men who were trying to cross into the U.S. illegally - say that Barnett held the group captive at gunpoint, threatening that his dog would attack and that he would shoot anyone who tried to escape, a press release from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said.
The group says Barnett also kicked one of the members of the group. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is representing the 16 people.
The federal lawsuit charges Barnett, his wife, Barbara Barnett, and his brother, Donald Barnett, with conspiring to violate the plaintiffs' civil rights, the release said.
In March 2008, U.S. District Judge John Roll rejected Barnett's efforts to have the charges thrown out. Roll ruled that there was sufficient evidence of a conspiracy - that the conspiracy denied the plaintiffs their right to interstate travel and the actions of the Barnetts were motivated by race - to allow the matter to be presented to a jury.
Barnett's attorney, David Hardy, had argued that illegal immigrants didn't have the same rights as citizens. That setback came on the heels of another judgment against Barnett in February 2008. At that time, the Arizona Court of Appeals refused to throw out a jury verdict of guilty from November 2006 - and a nearly $100,000 monetary award - against Barnett in another civil case in which a jury concluded he falsely imprisoned members of a Douglas family.
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Take Action
Support Border Action Network's work to disband border vigilante groups. The trial is scheduled to go through February 13th at the Evo A. DeConcini Federal Courthouse, located at 405 West Congress Street in Tucson. Attend as many days as you can and send a message to the families, jury and judge that Arizona residents will not accept vigilante violence.
WHEN: February 4, 2009 to February 13, 2009
TIME: 8:30am-10:00am AND 4:00pm-5:00pm
WHERE: Evo A. DeConcini Federal Courthouse
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Barnett Trial Daily Updates Blog
To read daily accounts of the trial proceedings, view our trial blog at www.borderaction.org
Friday, February 13, 2009
Upcoming Events: Valentine's Day Serenades!
 If you have a love for justice and human rights just as much as you love that special someone in your life, show them how much you care by sending our Border Action Network singing ensemble to surprise your Valentine at work or home with a heartfelt ballad sent directly from you!
Package options are as follows:
Serenade: $65 (Total contribution for your tax records would be $65)
Serenade and flowers: $90 (Total contribution for your tax records would be $75)
Serenade, flowers and chocolates: $150 (Total contribution for your tax records would be $130)
Serenade, flowers, chocolates, and champagne with fluted glasses: $250 (Total contribution for your tax records would be $200)
** Serenades will take place on Friday, February 13th. Scheduling of serenade is dependent on location. Border Action Network will contact you to finalize your serenade details.
Visit us at www.borderaction.org, call Sarah at 623-4494, or click here to sign-up today!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Letters and Video Postcard Going Out to President Obama
Video Postcard to Obama
Francisco Robles, a Border Action Network Human Rights Promoter recently took part in Pan Left's "Video Postcard to Obama" project.
Click to watch the abridged version of the video.
Project Letters (Proyecto Cartas)
Just "imagine".......millions of letters going out on the same day to our new President. All of them asking for one thing.......Immigration Reform.
Send your letters on February 12, 2009. For more information or if you would like to help. Please call Carlos E. Galindo at 602-222-9100, email at info@projectletters.com or visit www.projectletters.com.
Make a contribution to support immigrant organizing for human and civil rights.
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How You Can Help: Volunteer Opportunities
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If you'd like to volunteer in any of the areas below, we would love to hear from! We are currently in need of:
Translators / Interpreters (English/Spanish)
Graphics & Web Designers
Data Entry Experts
Window and Sign Artists
Computer Technicians
Fundraising Volunteers
Call (520) 623-4944 or email katie@borderaction.org.
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