Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sounding the alarm bell


The first day I spoke publicly on Pierce's bills denying education K-12th to undocumented children was 3/25/10 on a panel organized by the Master Degree Program in Human Rights and Social Justice Studies. Back then it was not in the radar of most people, organizations and the media, but some academics at ASU West and me. Yesterday, I confirmed there are professional efforts being put into -potentially- challenge those horrific bills, like denying public education to undocumented children K-12 and the jewel of the crown of the hate mongers, denying citizenship to babies born to undocumented parents.
Read about the education bills here.
Does these bills sound anti-constitutional??? You bet.
Russel Pearce wants to transform the Arid Zone into a police state (SB1070) and a place who denies basic human rights to children as young as newborn (are you getting my messages, UNICEF, Amnesty International???)
I feel hopeless. Recent polls confirm the increased popularity of the proponents and supporters of SB1070 who are running for public office in the Arid Zone, which almost warranties the passage of more bills like the anti children rights bills that will make good people tremble around the world. Is there any hope for Arizona???

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