MEDIA ADVISORY                                   

June 25,2012

Who: Border Action Network

What: Press gathering and interview opportunity

Why: BAN statement regarding the Supreme Court Rulings on SB 1070 

When: June 25, 2012           

10:30AM-12PM

Where: Border Action Network             

435 E. 9th St.  (REAR ENTRANCE)            

Tucson, AZ 85705

Media Contact:

Jill Nunes, Border Action Network Communications Team

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

520 623-4944 X 7502

Cell: 520-990-1239

The United States Supreme Court will rule today on the four provisions challenged in Arizona v. United States. At issue are four provisions of S.B. 1070. They are:

Section 2(B): Requires Arizona law enforcement to make a reasonable attempt, when practicable, to determine a person's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention, or arrest" if there is a reasonable suspicion "that the person is an alien and is unlawfully present in the United States."

Section 3: Makes "willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document" a state crime.

Section 5(C): Makes it a misdemeanor for "a person who is unlawfully present in the United States and who is an unauthorized alien to knowingly apply for work, solicit work in a public place, or perform work as an employee or independent contractor in [Arizona]."

Section 6: Authorizes state and local officers to make arrests without warrant where there is probable cause to believe "the person to be arrested has committed any public offense that makes the person removable from the United States." 

Border Action Network invites all Press Members to attend this interview opportunity. Hosting the event will be members of the Southern Arizona immigrant community affected by the rulings, Juanita Molina, Executive Director of Border Action Network and Mike Wilson, Policy Director of Border Action Network.  These individuals will be available for interviews in Spanish and English. 

###