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DESCRIPTION:SOMOS AMERICA JOINS WIDE NETWORK OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING 
 TERMINATION OF SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO'S 287(G) AGREEMENT\n\nTeach-ins, 
 Conference and Peaceful Dignity Walk and Demonstration Planned\n\nPHOENIX, 
 AZ - Organizations from around the country are joining together to call for 
 an end to the immigration raids of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and 
 specifically to revoke his controversial contract with the Department of 
 Homeland Security.\n\nOn Friday February 6th, more than 70 immigrant, 
 labor, and civil rights organizations from throughout the country convened 
 an emergency conference call to reflect upon the Sheriff's most recent 
 media spectacle, the forced march of immigrants to a segregated area in his 
 notorious "Tent City" in the desert. Organizations universally condemned 
 the action and pledged to assist the people of Maricopa County to overcome 
 Sheriff Arpaio's reign of terror.\n\nThey plan a series of Teach-Ins 
 throughout the country to increase awareness, raise funds, and energize 
 those who wish to restore decency to the immigration reform debate. 
 Further, groups agreed to support a national organizing conference in 
 Phoenix to be held on February 27, as well as a Peaceful Dignity Walk and 
 Demonstration to be held on February 28 in Phoenix, Arizona. They will 
 carry a simple message: Stop the raids and revoke all 287(g) agreements 
 that allow local law enforcement departments to arrest people suspected of 
 being in the country without proper documentation.\n\nThe broad coalition 
 of immigrant and human rights advocacy organizations known as Somos 
 America/We Are America Coalition of Arizona joined the National Groups. 
 "We're closing Guantanamo Bay in Cuba," said Héctor Yturralde, coalition 
 president. "Now we must stop human rights abuses here on American soil. 
 President Obama and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano have 
 the power and the moral obligation to do that now by halting immigration 
 raids and revoking all 287(g) agreements."\n\nLydia Guzman, Vice President 
 of Somos America added, "Jailing landscapers, maids and dishwashers does 
 not make us safer. But it does tear apart families. The small children who 
 suddenly find themselves without parents cannot wait for Congress to pass 
 comprehensive reform. The communities being terrorized by people like 
 Sheriff Arpaio cannot wait." The group is also joining with Phoenix Mayor 
 Phil Gordon in asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the 
 conduct of Sheriff Arpaio.\n\n"People of conscience all over the country 
 are outraged at what's happening in Arizona, and they will be working 
 nationwide to pressure the Obama administration to act quickly," concluded 
 Pablo Alvarado, National Coordinator for the National Day Laborers 
 Organizing Network (NDLON.)\n\nSomos America/We Are America Coalition 
 Officers and Members\n\nHéctor Yturralde President\n\nLydia Guzman Vice 
 President\n\nMember Organizations: AZ ACORN, AZ Advocacy Network, AZ 
 AFL-CIO, AZ Alliance for Peaceful Justice, AZ Asian American Association, 
 ACLU-AZ, AZ Hispanic Community Forum, Beat the Odds, Centro Macehualli, 
 Coalition for Latino Political Action, Equality AZ, Human Rights Campaign, 
 Humane Borders, Interfaith Worker Justice, La Union del Pueblo Entero 
 Laborers Int'l Union of America, LaFronteraTimes.com, Los Abogados, LULAC, 
 Maricopa Citizens for Safety & Accountability, Maya Chapín, MEChA ASU, 
 MEChA ASU West, MEChA Phoenix College, Mesa Assn. of Hispanic Citizens, No 
 Mas Muertes/No More Deaths, PUEBLO, PUENTE, Radio Campesina, Roofers Union, 
 SEIU/Mi Familia Vota AZ 5, ASU Social Justice Coalition, Statewide AACHE, 
 Tequida & Gutierrez, Tonatierra, UNITE/HERE!, United Food & Commercial 
 Workers 99, Volviendo a Vivir \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/18/18571809.php
SUMMARY:National Protest in Phoenix Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
LOCATION:A national organizing conference in Phoenix to be held on February 27, as 
 well as a Peaceful Dignity Walk and Demonstration to be held on February 28 
 in Phoenix, Arizona. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/18/18571809.php
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