02/28/09 "To witness what is happening in Arizona and remain neutral is to be implicated in human rights violations that are occurring right here on U.S. soil against migrants. History will not be kind to Joe Arpaio. He will be remembered with other infamous sheriffs like Bull Connor who subjugated and terrorized communities for shortsighted political gain. I hope everyone will join me in protesting Sheriff Joe." If you are infuriated about what Joe Arpaio is doing in Arizona, forward the petition to bring Joe to Justice to ten friends today.
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02/26/09 In her testimony before Congress yesterday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano stated that she expects ICE actions at work sites to focus on employers "who intentionally and knowingly exploit the illegal labor market." During the hearing, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) questioned the tactic of workplace raids and emphasized that legal residents and American citizens are often caught in the Agency's large-scale sweeps and held for ten or eleven hours in dehumanizing conditions. The best way to respect our values as a nation is to move away from these types of showy, failed enforcement tactics that only exacerbate our nation's immigration crisis.
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02/26/09 In Sheriff Joe Arpaio's world, if you are an immigrant detainee, you should be marching in chains to segregated "Tent Cities" in the Arizona desert, surrounded by electric fencing. Well, together with the House Judiciary Committee and a wide range of civil and human rights organizations, we're shouting, "Not so fast!" Thousands of protesters will convene in Phoenix at the end of the week to rally for justice, and we are only 2,000 signatures away from 10,000 on our petition to the Department of Justice.
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02/25/09 Even as President Obama delivered his first up-beat address to the nation, the Seattle Times was reporting the first workplace immigration raid under the new administration. It happened in Bellingham, Washington, last night, and served as a sad wake up call to immigrant communities. While we came to expect these failed tactics from the Bush Administration, we do not expect an Administration that campaigned-and won the lion's share of the Latino vote-on a platform of Hope and Change to continue them.
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02/24/09 It's been a good while now since we announced that the confirmation of Hilda Solis (D-CA) as Secretary of Labor had been postponed. We reported on how the administration had to appoint an interim secretary because the pro-worker, Latina representative's confirmation was being blocked by partisan bickering. Well, today America's Voice happily applauds the confirmation of Representative Hilda Solis, a strong advocate for all workers and a champion of comprehensive immigration reform, as Secretary of the U.S. Labor Department.
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02/23/09 Misplaced priorities don’t come cheap. "The country is filling the federal courts and prisons with nonviolent offenders. It is diverting immense law-enforcement resources from pursuing serious criminals � violent thugs, financial scammers � to an immense, self-defeating campaign to hunt down ... workers." This, even as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency’s budget spiked to $218 million last year (up from $9 million in 2003).
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