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Arizona, USA: Ein juristischer Sieg gegen Racial Profiing

Jan. 5, 2015 – Injunction Granted in Puente v. Arpaio Court Grants Injunction in Lawsuit Against Workplace Raids Arpaio and Montgomery Ordered to Stop Enforcing Statutes on which Raids are Based PHOENIX — Federal Judge David Campbell today put a stop to the workplace raids that have torn apart countless families in Maricopa County. Judge Campbell determined that the raids instigated by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and supported by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery are likely unconstitutional and must be stopped, at least until a final decision is rendered in a class action lawsuit. Today’s preliminary injunction in Puente v. Arpaio bars…

Geflüchtete und Papierlose Menschen werden weltweit kriminalisiert

Parallel to the “official” narrative of the United States still taught in most classrooms is an alternative people’s history. Ten years ago, Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove edited a nearly 700-page anthology of stirring speeches and writing that inspired positive change in the US. Get the 10th Anniversary Edition of “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” now by clicking here and contributing to Truthout.

The following remarks were made by Gustavo Madrigal-Piña at the University of Georgia in 2011. Piña was responding to harsh Georgia laws criminalizing immigrants and prohibiting “Dreamers” from attending the top public universities in the state. It is included in the updated Voices of a People’s History of the United States:

http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/27792-i-am-undocumented-and-i-am-unafraid

– “I Am Undocumented and I Am Unafraid”-gegen Kriminalisierung –
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