Hope Comes to Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The news that the Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit today to challenge the constitutionality of Arizona’s controversial immigration law was received with a sight of relief across immigrant communities in Arizona.

“I really feel that the Justice Department will be on the winning side of history. I feel strongly that this law is unconstitutional. The Justice Department is doing the job of defending U.S. citizens,” said Mary Rose Wilcox, a supervisor for District 5 in Maricopa County, Ariz. “I think when justice needs to be served, you should never look at political costs.”

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New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández, Posted: Jul 06, 2010

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Adios, Lou Dobbs

By New America Media, Q&A with Roberto Lovato, Marcelo Ballvé, Posted: Nov 13, 2009 

Presente.org is a relatively new organization, yet it played a prominent role in the campaign against Lou Dobbs. What can you tells us about Presente's origins and purpose? 

Presente.org is born of the need to help the Latino community use media and technology to advance its agenda, and to build its power. One of the key ways to do that is to amass a list of people, much like Moveon.org did previously. You build that list by organizing campaigns. Presente.org was born earlier this year, actually. Its first campaigns were around the hate killing of Luis Ramirez in Pennsylvania and the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Those were the dress rehearsals for our most ambitious campaign, which was the “Basta Dobbs” campaign [Basta means “enough” in Spanish]. 


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Cooperate With the Census, But Be Careful - NAM

From HOY, News Report, Mercedes Fernandez

CHICAGO -- On April 1, 2010, more than 300 million people will be counted in the United States in a process that will involve all social sectors, an event that takes place every 10 years. 

With residents' safety in mind, the Police Department of Elgin, Ill. published a statement alerting people of the potential cases of fraud or identity theft that could be perpetrated by those trying to take advantage of the good will of citizens who want to cooperate with the Census, especially with the field representative who verify addresses.

Even though the U.S. Census Bureau made it clear that those operations have concluded, it is still important to take measures of precaution because some regions may still be conducting local community surveys. 

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