Thread: Judge's decision awaited on immigration law

PHOENIX -- All eyes are on the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix, waiting to see if U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton will stop Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect Thursday.

There were signs of tight security Monday morning at the Sandra Day O'Connor federal building -- where both supporters and opponents of the law staged demonstrations as Bolton heard arguments on the law last week. Bolton was expected to issue any ruling on the requests for injunctions to stop the law electronically instead of from the bench.

She heard arguments on two of the five court challenges to the law, which requires local police to check the immigration status of anyone they have stopped if they have reasonable suspicion that person might be in the United States illegally.

The Arizona Civil Liberties Union filed suit, claiming the law will lead to racial profiling and civil rights violations. The U.S. Justice Department challenged the law as unconstitutional, saying that immigration is the responsibility solely of the federal government.

Some Homeland Security police vehicles showed up outside the court building Monday, and a national rent-a-fence crew began putting up fences to keep possible protesters on the sideway and away from the courthouse plaza. Seven protesters were arrested last Friday when they went into the street and disrupted traffic.

Meanwhile, the debate of the Arizona law continues across the nation.

A popular rock band took to the stage over the weekend to condemn Senate Bill 1070, the immigration law.

"Rage Against the Machine" returned to Los Angeles for the first time in 10 years to protest the law.

"We're here to use our music to unite people of all colors and economic strata in a single voice of solidarity to say no to legalized racial profiling," said guitarist Tom Morello. "No matter what the language and legal loopholes, this law is about racial profiling."

The concert at the Palladium raised $300,000.

Some California groups plan to travel to Arizona by the bus load this week.

Maria Elena Durazo with the AFL-CIO in Los Angeles said her group will dare police to act.

"We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said. "We will tell them, `Arrest us for being brown or black.'"

Jesse Hernandez, with the Republican Latino Association, and a supporter of the law, said Durazo and her supporters are not informed.

"That's why I'm challenging them to pick up the bill and read it and not believe the rhetoric that's coming out of the left," Hernandez said.

Activist Angelica Salas was not swayed by Arizona's claim that the law guards against racial profiling.

"There are civil rights law suits against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio," she said. "What Sheriff Joe is doing in Maricopa County is now sanctioned by the state."

The Los Angeles groups said they will come to Phoenix, whether or not Bolton issues an injunction against the law.
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""We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said. "We will tell them, `Arrest us for being brown or black.'"

Bottom line, if they are arrested for cause , they will have to produce papers

or they can rot in jail

Bottom line, if they are arrested for cause , they will have to produce papers or they can rot in jail

As far as I know it's that way in any state. I came close to having
it happen to me once.

Def

Maria Elena Durazo with the AFL-CIO in Los Angeles said her group will dare police to act.
"We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said...

There's a story out of Arizona this morning about two girls involved in a
car accident. One died and the other was critically injured. Get this, the
hospital mixed them up and told the wrong family their daughter was
dead.

This is just speculation, but what are the chances these two girls weren't
carrying IDs on purpose?

Def
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Mourning the Wrong Girl
A Hospital Mixed Up the Identities of Two Girls Involved in a Tragic Car Accident

(CBS) In a case of mistaken identity, two Arizona families were shocked as they found out the truth about two young women involved in a tragic car accident.

The family of Abby Guerra has spent the last week planning their daughter's funeral. The 19-year-old college sophomore and four friends were involved in a car crash after their SUV suffered a blowout returning from a trip to Disneyland.

The Guerra family was first told that Abby died at the scene. But on Saturday, six days after the accident, they learned that there'd been a mix up -- it was 21-year-old Marlena Cantu who died, and that Abby was alive and in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital.

Guerra's aunt Dorenda Cisneros explained how confusing the feeling is when they found out the truth. "You're ecstatic for one -- I mean it's a miracle, but in the same, you're angry because we've mourned all week".

Friends of Cantu said her family was devastated when they learned their daughter was dead, after spending much time standing over the bed of a girl who was someone else's child.

"I'm devastated I'm disgusted that it happened this way," said Colleen Donovan, a friend of Cantu's.

Over the weekend, the Guerra family held a car wash in order to raise money for Abby's funeral. Instead, the money now will go towards her hospital bills and the funding of her friend's funeral.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/ ... 3545.shtml

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

""We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said. "We will tell them, `Arrest us for being brown or black.'"

Bottom line, if they are arrested for cause , they will have to produce papers

or they can rot in jail

Exactly! You either have "papers" or you don't. Her argument is moronic because it completely ignores the fact that they are arrested for not having valid "papers", no their looks.

Aren't actions like these illegal? I don't know the terminology, but sabotage comes to mind.

Originally Posted by topsecret10

Maria Elena Durazo with the AFL-CIO in Los Angeles said her group will dare police to act.

"We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said. "We will tell them, `Arrest us for being brown or black.'"

What a MORON!!! They won't get arrested for being brown or black. They will get arrested for BREAKING THE LAW which they obviously intend to do just so they can cry Racial Profiling. You would think the AFL-CIO would have better things to do with their time and efforts.

Maria Elena Durazo with the AFL-CIO in Los Angeles said her group will dare police to act.

"We will not be carrying, quote, unquote, papers," she said. "We will tell them, `Arrest us for being brown or black.'"

Okay!!!!! Load the bus's the up....


By the Way Black or Brown......interesting!!!!!


Kathyet

I don't understand why she said black people. We do not support illegal immigration.

This carrying papers or having ID thing is so stupid. Where have these people been?

I.D.'s start at birth. As soon as you are born most hospitals slap a I.D. band on your ankle. Any person with half a brain can see the importance of proof of identification.

Got to thinking about this, and way back in the '60's, a mass rally for Civil Rights was scheduled for Buffalo, NY, and bus loads were headed there from the south. The NYS Troopers intercepted the buses at the Penn. State Line and sent them back.

Arizona's Highway Patrol should do the same. After all, Judge Bolton said

"Why can't Arizona be as inhospitable as they wish to people who have entered the United States illegally?" she asked.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-206889.html AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM!