Source: Indybay Media
Join Filipinos and APIs in the Bay Area today in the National Day of Action against SB 1070 in Arizona.
Saturday Afternoon, May 29th, 2010
4:00 pm Protest March and Rally
From Justin Herman Plaza to the Arizona Diamondbacks/SF Giants Game
with the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns in Northern California (NAFCON-NorCal), BAYAN-USA, and the Chinese Progressive Association
(Meet before 4pm in front of the Hyatt Entrance closest to Justin Herman Plaza - less than 2 blocks down Market from the Embarcadero Bart)
On Saturday, May 29th, 2010, Filipinos in the Bay Area and across California will express their Opposition to the State Repression and Racial Profiling sanctioned by the State Government of Arizona in SB 1070. Groups from LA and San Diego will be joining contingents converging right now from around the country, expressing their outrage and solidarity with the impacted communities working on the ground in Arizona.
With the passage of SB 1070, state lawmakers have empowered local law enforcement to stop and ask for documentation from suspected undocumented immigrants and even made it possible for citizens of Arizona to SUE their local government officials for failing to enforce immigration laws. This takes police-ICE collaboration to a whole new level, essentially requiring the deputization of local police as immigration enforcement agents.
The president of the Arizona Diamondbacks has been a major supporter of the passage of SB 1070 with both funding and direct political support, so it is timely that in SF, we protest his team's presence in our city on this National Day of Action.
On Tuesday, four NAFCON-NorCal organizations joined a protest of hundreds when President Obama visited San Francisco, because the Obama administration has done nothing so far to overhaul and improve our broken, security-focused immigration system. Under his administration, the Dept of Homeland Security's new "Secure Communities" program does the exact opposite of securing our communities, because the new, nationally mandated, policy requires counties to share fingerprint and other information with ICE, even without due process.
Filipinos in San Francisco and San Jose will be marching with other API communities, including the Chinese Progressive Association, to show our solidarity with API and all immigrant communities affected by SB 1070, to prevent the spread of these kinds of racist laws, and to demand its immediate repeal and all forms of local police-ICE collaboration, including "Secure Communities." We need comprehensive immigration reform now, including Legalization for All Now, the Unity and Protection of Families, and Worker Rights for All!
* Repeal SB1070 and No to Racial Profiling!
* Stop Police-ICE collaboration in SF and around the country!
* Stop the Deportation and Separation of Hardworking Families!
* Dignity, Respect, and Due Process for All!
Saturday Afternoon, May 29th, 2010
4:00 pm Protest March and Rally
From Justin Herman Plaza to the Arizona Diamondbacks/SF Giants Game
with the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns in Northern California (NAFCON-NorCal), BAYAN-USA, and the Chinese Progressive Association
(Meet before 4pm in front of the Hyatt Entrance closest to Justin Herman Plaza - less than 2 blocks down Market from the Embarcadero Bart)
On Saturday, May 29th, 2010, Filipinos in the Bay Area and across California will express their Opposition to the State Repression and Racial Profiling sanctioned by the State Government of Arizona in SB 1070. Groups from LA and San Diego will be joining contingents converging right now from around the country, expressing their outrage and solidarity with the impacted communities working on the ground in Arizona.
With the passage of SB 1070, state lawmakers have empowered local law enforcement to stop and ask for documentation from suspected undocumented immigrants and even made it possible for citizens of Arizona to SUE their local government officials for failing to enforce immigration laws. This takes police-ICE collaboration to a whole new level, essentially requiring the deputization of local police as immigration enforcement agents.
The president of the Arizona Diamondbacks has been a major supporter of the passage of SB 1070 with both funding and direct political support, so it is timely that in SF, we protest his team's presence in our city on this National Day of Action.
On Tuesday, four NAFCON-NorCal organizations joined a protest of hundreds when President Obama visited San Francisco, because the Obama administration has done nothing so far to overhaul and improve our broken, security-focused immigration system. Under his administration, the Dept of Homeland Security's new "Secure Communities" program does the exact opposite of securing our communities, because the new, nationally mandated, policy requires counties to share fingerprint and other information with ICE, even without due process.
Filipinos in San Francisco and San Jose will be marching with other API communities, including the Chinese Progressive Association, to show our solidarity with API and all immigrant communities affected by SB 1070, to prevent the spread of these kinds of racist laws, and to demand its immediate repeal and all forms of local police-ICE collaboration, including "Secure Communities." We need comprehensive immigration reform now, including Legalization for All Now, the Unity and Protection of Families, and Worker Rights for All!
* Repeal SB1070 and No to Racial Profiling!
* Stop Police-ICE collaboration in SF and around the country!
* Stop the Deportation and Separation of Hardworking Families!
* Dignity, Respect, and Due Process for All!
