Mientras la Corte Suprema delibera su destino final, tribunales menores continúan desintegrando la polémica ley SB 1070. Ayer, la jueza de la Corte de Distrito en Arizona, Susan Bolton, bloqueó una parte de la legislación que prohíbe a las personas buscar jornaleros en las calles. Bolton argumentó que esta actividad involucra un “discurso comer
DetailsJosé Angel Vargas, try jornalero que forma parte de una demanda de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros y Jornaleras, celebró ayer la decisión de la jueza federal Susan Bolton de frenar parte de la SB 1070 que prohibía buscar empleo en las calles.”Si la jueza lo anuló esperemos que la policía cumpla. No se sabe nunca con la policía”, opinó Vargas. El 28 de j
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Attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center, find American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups protested at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Thursday.
The groups brought lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a number of provisions in HB 87 in Georgia and HB 56 in Alabama.
Dozens of protesters held signs and chanted in Spanish for the laws to be repealed.
DetailsEditor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part series on migrant rights by journalist and immigration activist David Bacon. This article is taken from the report “Displaced, try Unequal and Criminalized – Fighting for the Rights of Migrants in the United States” that examines the origins of the current migratory labor phenome
Details“Alabama and Georgia are home to burgeoning Asian American communities and we are deeply concerned that HB 56 and HB 87 will only cause more fear and isolation among these communities, ” said Marita Etcubañez, medical director of programs at the Asian American Justice Center, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Just
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