The Appropriations Committee of the Arizona House of Representatives
has approved provisions to a "Homeland Security" measure that would
essentially destroy the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan
(MEChA) and Mexican-American study programs in the state's public
schools, colleges and universities.

The anti-Mexican provisions to SB1108 were approved yesterday and the
bill is now scheduled for a vote by the full House. The provisions
would withhold funding to schools whose courses "denigrate American
values and the teachings of European based civilization." One section
of SB1108 would bar public schools, community colleges and
universities from allowing organizations to operate on campus if it
is "based in whole or in part on race-based criteria," a provision
Rep. Russell Pearce said is aimed at MEChA. Pearce is a Republican
and the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee out of Mesa,
Arizona.

According to Chairman Pearce, SB1108 would also bar teaching
practices that "overtly encourage dissent from American values" such
as Raza Studies at the Tucson Unified School District. In addition,
SB1108 mandates the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to
confiscate books and teaching materials that are deemed anti-
American. Chairman Pearce said some of the teaching materials amount
to "sedition" by suggesting that the current border between the
United States and Mexico disappear with La Raza taking over the
American Southwest. One book that would be confiscated mentioned by
Pearce is "Occupied America - A History of Chicanos" by Professor
Rodolfo Acuna.

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