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Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070

Posted on June 29, 2012 by bstandsforb

Update, June 25: Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled much of SB 1070 unconstitutional, but upheld the law’s most controversial provision: the so-called “show me your papers” component, which directs police to check the immigration status of those they suspect might … Continue reading →

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Turning the Tide: Migrant Rights, Barrio Defense, and New Directions

Posted on December 28, 2010 by bstandsforb

Originally published by Left Turn Magazine. Dec. 2010 These days people are scared. Whether it’s fear of big government or job loss, immigration raids or foreclosure, socialism or fascism, police violence or terrorist attacks, cap and trade or ecological collapse, one … Continue reading →

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