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Will SB 1070 Be Enforced "In Harmony With the Constitution and Civil Rights"?

As the so-called "papers please" provision of Senate Bill 1070 was cleared for use yesterday, Governor Jan Brewer issued a statement reminding the public that there are also laws "barring racial profiling" practices by police."It is not enough that SB 1070 be enforced. It must be enforced efficientl ... More >>

SB 1070's "Papers Please" Section Now in Effect

U.S. District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton has lifted the injunction on Senate Bill 1070's "papers please" provision, which allows cops to begin enforcing that section immediately.This move was pretty much expected, as Bolton signaled her intent to release the injunction a few weeks ago, as she noted ... More >>

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Agrees With Supreme Court Ruling on SB 1070

See also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers See also:SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates Others See also: Opponents of Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Proclaim Fight is Not Over See also: SB 1070: 10 Memorable Moments in Law's History See also: SB ... More >>

SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates Others

SCOTUSBlog.com is reporting that Section 2(b) of Arizona's immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as not pre-empted by federal immigration law.Of the court's decision, SCOTISBlog writes, "It was improper for the lower courts to enjoin section 2(b), which require ... More >>

SB 1070 Ruling: States Do Not Have Carte Blanche in Immigration Sphere

If right-wingers such as Arizona's clueless, incompetent Governor Jan Brewer had actually read today's U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Senate Bill 1070, they would not be so quick to issue press releases spinning the court's 5-3 ruling as a victory for xenophobes, or even for the idea of some sort ... More >>

Love the Beans, Hate the Beaner

SB 1070 on Blast by Hip Hop Artists Shining Soul

Click-clack/Where your papers at?/We under attack/Fight back/It's warOne of the best songs to put Senate Bill 1070 and the whole police state mentality that reigns in Arizona on blast is "Papers," by the Phoenix hip hop duo Shining Soul.With the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled to rule on SB 1070 by the ... More >>

Did Supreme Court Arguments Change Your Mind About SB 1070 Surviving the Supreme Court?

SB 1070 got its (nth) day in court yesterday, with oral arguments being heard over the immigration law in the highest court of the land.Check out Stephen Lemons' analysis on the fate of 1070.The last time we polled our readers about what the Supreme Court would do with the law, nearly one-third said ... More >>

SB 1070 Arguments Loom As Mexican Immigration to U.S. Slows To Standstill

Don't know if the Pew Hispanic Center intentionally released its fascinating, statistics-based report on the in-flux state of illegal immigration just prior to tomorrow's U.S. Supreme Court arguments on controversial Arizona SB 1070, but the timing has provided the respected non-profit with maximum ... More >>

Will SB 1070 Survive the Supreme Court?

Senate Bill 1070 is due to be heard in the Supreme Court this week, as the oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday.Today's the second anniversary of the immigration bill being signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer, and since then -- or even before that -- everyone's developed an opinion on 1070. ... More >>

Steve Gallardo Drops Repeal SB 1070 Bill, Nativists Counter-Rally

Down at the state Capitol today, it was like a little bit of 2010, all over again.Grizzled nativists toting "I love SB 1070 signs," with pistols on their hips. Pro-immigration activists in droves denouncing the two-year old breathing-while-brown statute. And Arizona Department of Public Safety offic ... More >>

Is There a Chance in Hell the Arizona Legislature Will Repeal SB 1070?

​Democratic state Senator Steve Gallardo plans this week to introduce a bill into the Arizona Legislature that would repeal SB 1070, Arizona's controversial immigration law.To quote our colleague Stephen Lemons, the Arizona Legislature repealing SB 1070 is "about as likely as me running a 5K."The ... More >>

SB 1070 Boycott Over? NCLR Says, "Yes," Sal Reza Says, "Hell, No!"

irregulartimes.comBoycott over? Depends whom you ask. Sand Land's nativism, however, persists.Friday evening, I received the letter below signed by Janet Murguria of the National Council of La Raza, essentially declaring that the boycott of Arizona over Senate Bill 1070 is finito.Granted, the letter ... More >>

Puente Celebrates One Year of Non-Compliance With Music, Spoken Word, and Art

​ As profiled over at our sister (er, brother blog?) Feathered Bastard, Arizona-based human rights group Puente is planning a celebration tonight at El Portal, the Mexican restaurant located Grant Street and First Avenue owned by Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox. The event celebrates on ... More >>

Sound Strike: The Worst Way to Show Opposition to SB 1070

Wikimedia CommonsSound Strike founder Zack de la Rocha​Sound Strike, the movement in which musicians boycott Arizona as a statement of opposition to the state's anti-illegal immigrant law, SB 1070, is still going strong. As we reported in recent months, acts like Maroon 5 and My Chemical Roma ... More >>

April 25 In Blogs: SB 1070, SanTan Wheelie Jam, Maroon 5, Kitchen 56, and Gabrielle Giffords

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Jan Brewer's Reminder After Defying Conserva-nuts: I Signed SB 1070, Remember?

​Governor Jan Brewer recently pissed off her far-right-wing-nut base by vetoing three bills it desperately wanted, and today she's trying to make amends by bringing up the issue that got her elected: SB 1070.The bills Brewer vetoed include the ridiculous "Birther Bill," which could have required p ... More >>

Mexicans Have Lower Opinion of Americans Due to Arizona Law, Survey Says -- But Older Poll Complicates Issue

Image: www.glenndavissoccer.com​ A Pew Research Center poll claims that Mexicans look less favorably on Americans since the passage of SB1070, a stat used today by the Christian Science Monitor to thread an article on immigration.Just one problem: It took us about a minute to find another poll ... More >>

Gift Of Destiny's "FU1070": Tempe Metal Band's Anti-SB 1070 Track

​It's been nearly a year since Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law, unleashing a shitstorm that's still going although the law was blocked by courts and will likely never take effect in any meaningful way.While The Sound Strike, the organization promoting a boycott of Arizona led by out-of ... More >>

Fact-Checking The Sound Strike's Claims About the Arizona Boycott

​The Sound Strike, the musical boycott of Arizona organized last year in the wake of a controversial immigration law, is crowing about its success. The boycott is lead by former Rage Against The Machine singer Zach de la Rocha. It persists even though SB 1070 -- like an "eerily similar" measure p ... More >>

Tucson Rapper Releases "1-8-11" - Song About Giffords Tragedy

​A rapper with Tucson roots has recorded a song about the Giffords shooting tragedy.Li'l Zay, an 18-year-old who previously weighed in on SB 1070, has a new song called "1-8-11," which echoes Marvin Gaye's big question: "What's Going On?""Like most people I just couldn't believe it, I wanted show ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Racial Discrimination and Breaking Stuff for Candy

My Chemical Romance Re-Boycotting Arizona? WTF?

​My Chemical Romance may be re-boycotting Arizona over SB 1070. Yesterday we pointed out that the band had formerly joined The Sound Strike during the height of the outrage over our state's crazy immigration law, SB 1070. Then they announced a date at Tempe's Marquee Theatre (without any comment) ... More >>

Tradiciones Has Lost Its Spice

Hispanic Republican Group Releases List of Brown-Friendly Candidates; Sorry, Jan Brewer, You Didn't Make the Cut

​A group of Hispanic Republicans released its list of Hispanic-friendly candidates in the 2010 election, and, somewhat-surprisingly, the majority of those on the list are Democrats. Of the 14 races the group Somos Republicans is watching, it claims only three Republican candidates are "Hispanic f ... More >>

Pitbull Un-Boycotting Arizona with Saturday Show at Celebrity Theatre

​Back in May, when SB 1070 hysteria was at a fever pitch, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull jumped in the fray with both feet, canceling a show and issuing a statement in text-speak. "I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31," he wrote. "How is the country we enjoy and love bcuz of its human rig ... More >>

Painting by Cris Kirkwood, Signed Calexico and DeVotchKa Guitars, and More in Artists For Action Raffle

​Artists for Action, those plucky do-gooders counteracting Evil Mastermind Zach de la Rocha's attempts to make our state silent until SB 1070 is "repealed" (despite the fact that California's "eerily similar" Prop 187 was never repealed -- it just got stopped by a judge, the same way SB 1070 did) ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 18, 2010

Morning Poll: Should Major League Baseball Move All-Star Game Out of Arizona?

​Most people go to baseball games to unwind and put the real world behind them for a few, brief hours. That's proven to not be the case for protesters opposed to Arizona's controversial, new immigration law. Those people tend to go to games to piss an moan about the law and allow politics to rear ... More >>

August 9 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Arterial Canal Crossings, Justin Bieber, Toast, and John McCain

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Art and Souls

Exhibit surveys the artistic backlash against SB 1070

Art and Souls

Exhibit surveys the artistic backlash against SB 1070

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 8/5 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. Who are the most worthlessly obscure artists boycotting AZ over SB 1070? What are the five best remixes of t ... More >>

Morning Poll: How Many People Get Arrested Protesting SB 1070 Today?

www.icanhazcheezburger.com​Judge Susan Bolton's made her decision regarding the SB 1070 injunction and nobody seems too thrilled about it -- on either side of the debate.Both sides are declaring victory -- in some sense -- while the real winner seems to depend on who you ask, or the radio station ... More >>

July 29 In Blogs: SB 1070, Christoph Kaiser, Cowboy Junkies, Matt's Big Breakfast, and Raul Grijalva

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Calexico, Miniature Tigers Play Free SB 1070 Show for Voters ($30 for People Who Will Not Promise to Vote)

​Are you interested in seeing Calexico, Miniature Tigers, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, Big Son (featuring Sam Means of The Format and Jeff and Chris of Reubens Accomplice), Sand Rubies, Kinch, and more for free?Yes?Are you sure?OK, you can, and all you have to do is pledge to vote on November 2. T ... More >>

July 28 In Blogs: SB 1070, Phoenix Design Week, Soundstrike, Oxtails, and Faleh AlMaleki

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Anti-SB 1070 Activists Scale Phoenix Crane To Deploy Protest Banner

Activists unfurl an anti-SB 1070 banner high over downtown PhoenixIn a daring act of civil disobedience in downtown Phoenix this evening, at least four activists occupied a tall crane near Central Avenue and Jefferson Street and deployed a huge banner that read "Stop the Hate," with red lines crossi ... More >>

An Open Letter To Conor Oberst: What Will You Do If Nebraska Passes an SB 1070 Clone?

Charlie Janssen: The man who may make Conor Oberst boycott his own state.​Dear Conor,Open letters about SB 1070 are all the rage right now, so I'm writing you one. I enjoyed the letters you and Arizona promoter Charlie Levy exchanged a few weeks ago and I thought your essay on the topic was though ... More >>

July 23 In Blogs: SB 1070, Tiffe Fermaint, Kesha, Phoenix Public Market, and Phoenix Coyotes

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Anti-SB 1070 Protests Announced for All Arizona

Statewide anti-SB 1070 protests begin this week A coalition of activist groups including Somos America, Sal Reza's Puente Movement, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network has just announced that tomorrow they'll be detailing a series of anti-SB 1070 protests and actions that will be o ... More >>

July 14 In Blogs: Rage Against the Machine, Casey Moore's, Snakes! Snakes! Snakes!, Steam Crow, and J.D. Hayworth

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Li'l Zay's Angry New SB 1070 Video

If you've never heard of rapper Li'l Zay don't feel out of the loop -- he's not a high profile dude even in the hip-hop scene -- but his video for "The 48 Bars of Power" might catch a few eyes. Zay has both Latino and African American roots, and teamed up with music video director Michael Shah ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine, Conor Oberst To Headline Anti-SB 1070 Concert

Zack de la Rocha, back when all we had to worry about was ArpaioTrue to its June 29th promise, the Zack de la Rocha-led, anti-SB 1070 musicians' movement Sound Strike has announced a benefit concert for Friday, July 23 at the Hollywood Palladium to benefit organizations fighting SB 1070 on the groun ... More >>

Anti-SB 1070 Art Show at Bragg's Pie Factory

One of the best posters from May 29Now this is the sort of art show I can get with: an exhibit of anti-SB 1070-themed work, drawn in part from the big May 29 march to the state Capitol, which drew tens of thousands in defiance of Arizona's "papers, please" legislation.They have to include this one.. ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Judge Grant Injunction in SB 1070 Lawsuit?

​It's now officially official: the federal government is suing Arizona over SB 1070, the state's controversial new immigration law. In case you missed it, which seems nearly impossible, the federal government filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the new statute violates the constitution's ... More >>

July 6 In Blogs: SB 1070, Salt River Tubing, Halocene, Poutine, and Matthew Lesko

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