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DESCRIPTION:SAN FRANCISCO DAY LABORERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS SIT ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS UP 
 AND DOWN CESAR CHAVEZ STREET TO EXPRESS OUTRAGE OVER RECENT LAWS THAT 
 CRIMINALIZE IMMIGRANTS:  SAN FRANCISCO'S "SIT-LIE" LAW AND ARIZONA'S 
 ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW.\n\nOn Saturday, April 24, 2010, 9 am to Noon, members 
 of the San Francisco Day Labor Program and the Women's Collective, will 
 hold a public demonstration up and down Cesar Chavez Street, between 
 Mission and South Van Ness Streets, in order to denounce San Francisco's 
 proposal to criminalize anyone who sits or lies on a public sidewalk, as 
 well as the recently passed Arizona law, which now makes it criminal for 
 undocumented immigrants to be present in Arizona.  Dozens of workers and 
 their supporters are expected to sit on the sidewalks and picnic, play 
 music, and conduct other activities.\n \nAt noon, the workers will hold a 
 press conference at the SF Day Labor Program, 3358 Cesar Chavez St., to 
 express outrage over the further criminalization of undocumented 
 immigrants, giving San Francisco and Arizona as examples.\n \n"Day laborers 
 in San Francisco have to sit down once in awhile when they're out on street 
 corners waiting for work," exclaims Jose Ramirez, a day laborer and 
 Coordinator of the SF Day Labor Program.  "Taking us to jail for sitting 
 down in San Francisco is the same as immigrants being targeted by police 
 for simply being Latino."\n \nSan Francisco's "sit-lie" proposal, which 
 calls for fines and jail time for anyone sitting or lying on San 
 Francisco's sidewalks, is currently pending before the San Francisco Board 
 of Supervisors.  If it passes, it will have a chilling impact on day 
 laborers' ability to look for work.\n \nThe Arizona legislature recently 
 passed a law which allows local law enforcement to arrest and report people 
 to Immigration if they are "suspected" to be undocumented.  The Arizona law 
 also makes it illegal to look for work as a day laborer, or to hire day 
 laborers.\n\n\nCONTACT:  Renee Saucedo (415) 425-6575\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/22/18645433.php
SUMMARY:Sit with Day Laborers, Domestic Workers to Stand Up for the Rights of the Oppressed!
LOCATION:up and down Cesar Chavez Street, between Mission and South Van Ness Streets
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/22/18645433.php
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