Three Undocumented DREAM Activists Released from ICE Custody in Tucson

Three undocumented DREAM activists who had been arrested Monday on second degree trespassing charges after staging a sit-in at U.S. Senator John McCain’s Tucson office were released last night from ICE custody, according to ICE spokesman Vinne Picard.Picard said the three activists were issued notices to appear in their immigration…

Jan Brewer’s CCA Money and Her Possible Conflict of Interest Over SB 1070

Several months before signing SB 1070, Governor Jan Brewer accepted hundreds of dollars in “seed money” for her clean elections campaign from corporate executives and others with a possible stake in Arizona’s “papers please” legislation becoming law.In all, seven executives with the Tennessee-based private prisons giant Corrections Corporation of America…

ACLU, NAACP and Other Groups Seek Federal Injunction to Stop SB 1070

As it had announced it would do last week, the ACLU along with several other groups filed suit in federal court today, seeking to have Arizona’s “papers please” legislation enjoined before it’s scheduled to take effect by the end of July.”SB 1070 is unconstitutional,” asserts the complaint. “It violates the…

Rapper Pitbull Cancels Phoenix Show In Protest Over SB 1070 (w/Update)

Cuban-American rapper Armando “Pitbull” Perez is taking a bite out of Arizona over the state’s “papers please” legislation by canceling a stop in Phoenix  at the Celebrity Theatre as part of his “Mr. Worldwide’s Carnival” tour.The popular rapper, perhaps best known for the joint “Culo,” which partnered him with rap…

CNN Covers Guadalupe Activist Andrew Sanchez; San Francisco Supes Join Other Cities in Boycott of Arizona; Boycott Could Cost Phoenix $90M

Guadalupe activist Andrew Sanchez and activist Margarito Blancas got the CNN treatment today, in a piece running on CNN’s Web site with the header “Cop-watchers look for racial profiling on the streets of Phoenix.”CNN tagged along with Sanchez and Blancas (CNN has the latter’s name as “Blanco,” though I’ve always…

9500 Liberty a Must-See for Those Concerned by SB 1070

If you’re not a basketball person or a Suns fan, you should head out to the Valley Art on Mill Ave. in Tempe today and check out the documentary 9500 Liberty. I caught the film last night, and was intrigued by its depiction of the conflict in Prince William County,…