(Chicago Sun Times) –A joint City Council committee today urged Chicago to join Cook County in “prospectively” boycotting Arizona-based companies to protest that state’s tough new immigration law. Chicago’s 189 red-light cameras were installed by Arizona-based Redflex Traffic Systems. In addition to the cameras, the company put in road sensors and software and maintains the […]
(NYT) — The jurisdiction of Illinois legislators ends nearly 1,500 miles from Arizona, but that is not stopping some local politicians from using their offices to fire shots at the Western state’s new immigration law. State Senator Martin A. Sandoval, a Democrat from Chicago’s Southwest Side, called on the White Sox to abandon Arizona as their […]
(Washington Informer) — Councilmember Michael A. Brown authored and introduced “The Arizona Divestment Resolution of 2010″ on Tue., May 4. He was joined in this action by Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, who co-introduced the bill, and by the other eleven members of the DC Council. The Council Resolution urges the District government and the […]
(New York Times) — It was 3 a.m., and the three young men in devil costumes with faces painted black and white danced wildly and cackled wickedly in a church basement in Queens. One of the dancers later said what everyone who watched them seemed to understand: that they were embodying the tough new immigration law […]
(Associated Press) — About 35 immigrant advocates have been arrested in front of the White House fence, including a U.S. congressman, after they sat down and defied orders from police. Protesters are usually required to stay in motion when demonstrating in front of the White House. U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois was among those […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Their zip code was in Illinois, but a state 1,700 miles west was on the minds of thousands of marchers today at the annual May Day rally and march for immigration reform in Chicago. Outrage over Arizona’s SB1070, which requires immigrants to always carry documentation and police to question anyone suspected […]
Arizona's immigration policy will not only harm Latinos but Blacks as well.