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Arizona Governor Ends Sheriff Arpaio's Immigration Contract |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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By CHRIS KAHN - Associated Press PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano ordered the state to end an anti-illegal immigration contract with a high-profile sheriff Tuesday so she can pay for a larger effort to track down thousands of felons around Arizona. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday criticized the governor's decision as a maneuver to thwart his efforts against illegal immigrants. |
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Arizona House Fails to Override Veto on Immigration Bill |
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State Legislative Action
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Published: 05.13.2008 - The Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona House rejected an effort Tuesday to override Gov. Janet Napolitano's veto of a bill requiring that city and county police agencies have programs to confront federal immigration violations. The effort fell 10 votes short of what was needed to send the override proposal to the Senate. |
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Summit Human Rights Committee Meets with Pima County Supervisor Ramon Valadez and Other Officials |
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Human Rights Organizing Institute
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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 On Wednesday, May 7th in a small neighborhood church, members of the Summit Human Rights Committee organized a community meeting to present a series of demands to their County Supervisor and other county agency leaders. Their often forgotten community is tucked between Tucson and Sahuarita. It’s neighborhood streets are dirt and dust. It’s not uncommon to see residents on horseback. Unfortunately, it’s also not uncommon for these same streets to flood during the desert rains, for residents to be afraid of sheriff’s deputies who question their immigration status, or for emergency services to get lost due to the lack of street signs.
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AZ Governor Vetoes Two Bills Aimed at Expanding Local Law Enforcement Role in Immigration |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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Community group delivers over 2,200 postcards and hundreds of emails urging veto of two bills  Tucson, AZ –Disrupting Arizona's reputation of passing highly punitive, anti-immigrant legislation, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed two bills this week that would have expanded the role and power of local police in immigration enforcement. The bills, HB2807 and HB2359,had been approved by the Arizona legislature last week.
Border Action Network, a human rights community organization based insouthern Arizona, followed these bills and approximately 40 others inArizona's House and Senate this year. "The tide is shifting in the legislature,"says Jennifer Allen, the group's Executive Director. |
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U.S. Responds to Border Action Charges of Ignoring Human Rights Abuses Committed by Border Vigilante |
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No Vigilante Violence on the Border
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
On Friday, March 7th Border Action Executive Director, Jennifer Allen and Douglas Human Rights Promoter, Angelita Nunez traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify at a hearing of the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In April 2005,  with the legal support of the University of Arizona’s Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Border Action Network submitted a petition to the Commission charging the U.S. with human rights violations caused by the United States' lack of protection and legal remedies for immigrant victims of intimidation and violence by civilian vigilante groups along the US/Mexico border in southern Arizona. The petition also seeks redress for the U.S. government's failure to act against more widespread harms created by anti-immigrant groups and individuals that affect the broader Latino population including U.S. citizens, who suffer from a climate of fear, racism and intimidation.
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Justice Denied: Mistrial Frees Border Patrol Agent of Murder Charges |
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
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 Tucson, AZ— After two and half days of deliberation, a Tucson jury was unable to arrive at a verdict as to whether Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett was guilty of murder charges. For those who live in border communities, the mistrial does not bode well for border residents and human rights groups who are calling for greater accountability and oversight of Border Patrol policies and practices.
“We attended every day of the trial. The prosecution’s evidence was clear, consistent and compelling. I can’t imagine how the jurors could have been deadlocked,” states Katie O’Connor of the Border Action Network. “Unlike the defense’s testimony which varied from person to person and hinged on non-existing evidence, the three eye-witnesses, forensics and ballistics testimony all pointed to a clear case of murder.” |
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International Human Rights Commission Considers Claims Against U.S.-Mexico Border Vigilante Violence |
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
Petition charges U.S. government with human rights violations for failure to prosecute border vigilantism
What: Inter-American Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) holds an admissibility hearing on a petition submitted by the Border Action Network for human rights violations caused by the United States’ lack of protection and legal remedies for immigrant victims of intimidation and violence by civilian vigilante groups along the US/Mexico border in southern Arizona. The petition also seeks redress for the government’s failure to act against more widespread harms created by anti-immigrant groups and individuals that affect the broader Latino population including U.S. citizens, who suffer from a climate of fear, racism and intimidation. |
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Tucson City Council Members Donate $1,000 to Border Action! |
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
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At the February 12, 2008 meeting, City Council Members Uhlich, Leal, and Trasoff contributed $1,000 from their community support funds in support of Border Action’s ground breaking work for pro-active solutions for failing border and immigration policies and for our dedication to organizing within immigrant communities. Border Action thanks each the Council members for their support and leadership! You too can step up and support Border Action Network! |
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