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SB
1070 court ruling:
An "important but partial victory" Protests
set for today and tomorrow
Protest
in Chicago
Thursday, July 29, 4 pm
No to Racist SB 1070!
End Raids & Deportation!
Full Equality for All Immigrants Now!
Jobs, Education, Health Care & Peace, Not Apartheid Laws!
Gather
at the Cook County Jail
26th & California For
directions click here
For more information call 773-463-0311
The racist ICE agency operates out of the Cook County Jail. Join us in
front of the jail on the day SB 1070 is set to go into
effect. Let's tell the Arizona gov't and Washington in a
united voice: "Stop the war on immigrants
now! Legalization Now!" Bring your signs and banners.
The
July 29 action is initiated by the Moratorium on
Deportations Campaign. Dozens of pro-immigrant
groups
will be joining the protest. ANSWER Chicago calls on all
progressives to take a stand against the attacks on
immigrants.
Statement
from the ANSWER Coalition
Today's decision by the U.S. District Court barring key
provisions of the racist, anti-immigrant law SB 1070 is
an important
but partial victory.
The court decision comes on the eve of the
implementation of the
Arizona law and as demonstrators are assembling in
Phoenix and
elsewhere throughout the country. The ruling by U.S.
District Court
Judge Susan Bolton comes after weeks of intense
mobilization,
demonstrations and street rallies in states throughout
the country.
Following the decision by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to
sign SB 1070 into
law, a Boycott Arizona movement has spread from coast to
coast. The
court's decision will undoubtedly be challenged. This is
all the
more reason to intensify the mobilization of the people,
in Arizona
and everywhere.
Ironically, the preliminary injunction was granted in
response to a
lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department. The Obama
administration, while opposing the Arizona law, has
carried out a
record number of deportations - far more than were
carried out
during the last two years of the Bush administration in
2007 and 2008.
The U.S. District Court today granted a preliminary
injunction against
key provisions of the law. They include:
* The requirement that police officers in Arizona
investigate the
immigration status of anyone arrested in the state if
the police
officers "suspect" that the individuals are in
the
country illegally. This provision institutionalized
racial
profiling against Latinos and all people of color.
* The imposition of criminal penalties for any
non-citizen in
Arizona who failed to carry their immigration documents
with
them or for all immigrants failing to register with the
Department of Homeland Security.
* The mandatory arrest of anyone who had been
detained for even
the most minor offense that would usually result in a
ticket or
citation, if that individual could not verify that they
are
legally authorized to be in the United States.
* The allowance of police to arrest individuals,
even without an
arrest warrant, if they are deemed by police officers to
be
removable from the United States.
* The creation of a new category making it a crime
for
undocumented immigrants to be employed in the state of
Arizona.
SB 1070 will go into effect tomorrow, but without the
provisions of
the law that are barred by the preliminary injunction.
The ANSWER Coalition has been deeply involved in the
organization of
today's and tomorrow's demonstrations protesting SB 1070
in Phoenix, Arizona, and in all of the earlier
demonstrations in
Arizona and around the country.
Without the mobilization of people in the streets
throughout the
country, the reactionary and racist forces that pushed
this law
through in Arizona would have succeeded. Moreover, state
legislatures
throughout the country are watching Arizona with an eye
to the outcome
of this battle. If this clearly unconstitutional law
could take effect
in Arizona, racist bigots will eagerly try to pass
similar measures in
states throughout the country.
The Obama administration's decision to file a lawsuit
against
the Arizona law was the consequence of the pressure it
felt from an
outraged and mobilized population that is demanding the
overturn of
this racist law. Judge Bolton's decision today is in
response to
a number of lawsuits, including one filed by the U.S.
Justice
Department.
The Obama administration, however, has greatly
intensified the arrest
and deportation of immigrant workers since it took
office in January
2009. As the Washington Post of July 26 reported,
"[T]he Obama
administration is deporting record numbers of illegal
immigrants and
auditing hundreds of businesses that blithely hire
undocumented
workers. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
expects to
deport about 400,000 people this fiscal year, nearly 10
percent above
the Bush administration's 2008 total and 25 percent more
than were
deported in 2007. The pace of company audits has roughly
quadrupled
since President George W. Bush's final year in
office."
We will continue to organize in the streets and support
efforts in the
courts to overturn SB 1070 and all federal, state and
local laws that
criminalize undocumented workers and promote racial
profiling against
Latinos and other people of color. It is not enough to
allow the Obama
administration to formally oppose SB 1070 in Arizona
while engaging in
mass deportations and arrests of immigrant workers.
Instead of mass deportations, the Obama administration
should support
comprehensive immigration reform that gives millions of
super-exploited immigrant workers full legal rights.
Racism
will be defeated in the streets!
A Party for Socialism and Liberation Meeting
Saturday, July
31, 6 pm
3334 W. Lawrence # 202
Brown Line, Kimball Stop; #81 Bus
Racism has always been central to the oppressive and exploitative
capitalist system. The capitalists use it to divide workers. Now, the flames of
racism are being fanned by laws like SB 1070, bigoted TV personalities
and by the actions of local, state and federal government bodies. Join
us for an important meeting were we'll discuss how to defeat racism
and racist organizations like the Minutemen, the Tea Party and the KKK.
Topics ** The Firing of Shirley Sherrod and the struggle against racism in
the United States
** SB 1070 Update: The struggle against racism will be won in
the streets. With an update from the national days of action against
SB 1070.
** A Marxist discussion on the principal of self-determination and
the centrality of the struggle against racism to the workers
struggle for justice and jobs, health care, education and housing.
Join us for presentations, discussion and organizing. The Party for
Socialism and Liberation is a member of the ANSWER Coalition.
Video
from March 2010 Antiwar Protests To
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Haiti, and everywhere.
This spring, summer and beyond ANSWER will continue to organize and
support a wide variety of progressive actions, including protests
against the war in Iraq and mobilizations for immigrant rights. ANSWER
is involved in the people's movement in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York,
San Francisco, Washington DC, all over the US and all over the world.
ANSWER uses a diversity of tactics and strategies to build, sustain,
expand and deepen the new anti-war, anti-racist, pro-justice movement
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Saturday, July
31, 6 pm