‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: Eve of SB 1070; Children’s March; Fremont Postpones Anti-Immigrant Law

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Posted 07/28/10 at 09:53am

‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: Eve of SB 1070; Children’s March; Fremont Postpones Anti-Immigrant Law

With SB 1070 scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, unless Judge Susan Bolton issues a decision today striking down the law, the Spanish-language press examines how Arizona is preparing for the next few days.

Eve of SB 1070. An EFE analysis concludes that Judge Bolton’s decision, whatever it may be, will only deepen divisions in the immigration debate. La Opinión reports that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is adding a new section to his “tent city” for detainees he plans to apprehend if the law is allowed to go into effect, or for a “sweep” he plans to conduct tomorrow even if it is not. The La Opinión article, along with the AP and other outlets, also reports on activists’ plans to engage in acts of civil disobedience.

Children's March. AOL Latino reprints an article by Maribel Hastings of America’s Voice about the Children’s March being held today outside the White House, during which U.S. citizen children will call for the Obama administration to stop deporting their parents and separating families. El Nuevo Herald, Mundo Hispánico, and El Diario La Estrella have more on the story.

Fremont postpones anti-immigrant law. The city council of Fremont, NE, has postponed the implementation of an ordinance prohibiting residents from hiring or renting to undocumented immigrants, citing the cost of enforcing the law and the need to save money to fight the two lawsuits that have already been filed against it by MALDEF and the ACLU, the AP reports.

In other news... El Financiero (with reporting from Notimex) writes about a petition signed by the member groups of the Congreso Latino, including the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, asking Congress to take up the DREAM Act and AgJOBS as a “down payment” on comprehensive immigration reform down the road. And Impre.com covers a Human Rights Watch/ACLU report documenting the struggles immigrants with mental-health issues suffer in the detention and deportation system.

America's Voice has started a new series, “‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration,” to bring Spanish-language coverage of immigration and politics to a wider audience. Look for daily roundups (in English) of some of the best Spanish-language news.

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