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DESCRIPTION:From Sásabe to Tucson: Report back from the US/Mexico border\n\nThursday, 
 July 20, 2006\n\n6:00PM to 8:00PM\n\nAsian Resource Center\n\n310 Eighth 
 Street - Lobby\n\nOakland, CA\n\nFour blocks from the 12th St./Oakland City 
 Center and Lake Merritt BART stations\n\nPlease RSVP to Sheila at (510) 
 839-7598 or sheila@immigrantrights.org\n  by Tuesday, July 18\n\n 
 \n\nOrganized by:\n\n: Mariana Bustamante, ACLU Immigrants' Rights 
 Project\n\n: Sheila Chung, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition\n\n: Ramsey 
 el-Qare, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco 
 (ADC-SF)\n\n: Lillian Galedo, Filipinos for Affirmative Action\n\n: Arnoldo 
 Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights\n\n: Nancy 
 Hormachea, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San 
 Francisco\n(ADC-SF)\n\n: Gerald Lenoir, Black Alliance for Just 
 Immigration\n\n \n\n \n\nMembers of Congress are hosting dog-and-pony show 
 hearings in border towns and\nacross the United States to drum up support 
 for increased border militarization and\ninterior enforcement - strategies 
 that have failed to deter unauthorized migration. \nRather than hear from 
 immigrant communities affected by these policies, extremist\nlegislators 
 are stacking their hearings with anti-immigrant proponents.  Their 
 tales\nare far from the realities at the border...\n\n \n\nIn mid-June, 40 
 delegates (seven from the Bay Area) toured the Arizona/Mexico border\nwith 
 the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Coalición de 
 Derechos\nHumanos (Human Rights Coalition).  In Sásabe, Mexico, we spoke 
 with migrants\npreparing to cross the treacherous desert and mountains, 
 carrying nothing more than\na backpack and 2 gallons of water.  In Tucson, 
 we watched the court proceeding of\nsix men sentenced to jail and 
 deportation solely for having crossed into the U.S. to\nmake a better life 
 for their families.  We met with the coroner's office and toured\nthe 
 facility where the migrant dead are kept,  learning about the gripping 
 number of\nhuman beings that have died at the border from dehydration, 
 abuse and vehicle\naccidents.  We also met with members of the Tohono 
 O'odam nation whose sacred lands\nhave been divided by the border.  Join us 
 as we share these and other stories of\ndevastation and hope from the 
 border.\n\n \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/11/18287139.php
SUMMARY:Border Report Back - From Sasabe to Tucson (RSVP first)
LOCATION:Asian Resource Center\nOakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/11/18287139.php
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