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S.B. 1070 Suit Will be Filed Monday
by FRANCINE on MAY 14, 2010

Here's a copy of the media alert for Monday's press conference if you are interested:
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Nation’s Leading Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s Racial Profiling Law

Groups Will Discuss Implications Of Discriminatory Law And Grounds For Legal Challenge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2010

CONTACT:

Alessandra Soler Meetze, ACLU of Arizona, (602) 773-6006; ameetze@acluaz.org

NEW YORK – On Monday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. PDT/12:30 p.m. EDT, a coalition of leading rights organizations will hold a national media call to announce and discuss the filing of its legal challenge to Arizona’s unconstitutional racial profiling law.

The coalition includes the American Civil Liberties Union; MALDEF; National Immigration Law Center (NILC); the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.

Arizona’s new law requires police to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the U.S. and criminalizes immigrants for failing to carry immigration papers. The unconstitutional law, the groups say, encourages racial profiling, endangers public safety and betrays American values.

WHAT:
National Media Call to Announce Filing of Lawsuit Challenging SB1070

WHO:
Lucas Guttentag, Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project; Nina Perales, Southwest Regional Counsel of MALDEF; Linton Joaquin, General Counsel of NILC.

Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy of NAACP; Stewart Kwoh, Executive Director of APALC; Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of NDLON; Alessandra Soler Meetze, Executive Director of the ACLU of Arizona and others will also be available on the call for questions.

WHEN:
Monday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. PDT/12:30 p.m. EDT
DIAL:
If you’re a member of the media and need dial-in information, please e-mail ameetze@acluaz.org.



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