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Bud Selig IS on the right side of history and doing the right thing by continuing the all-star game in Arizona.
Go Arizona
ANAHEIM – A group opposed to Arizona's recent anti-illegal immigration law said Monday they plan to deliver more than 100,000 petitions to Major League Baseball Commission Bud Selig asking him to move next year's All-Star game out of the "Grand Canyon State."
At a morning press conference in front of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, representatives from various immigration rights movements, including the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles, Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice, Orange County Dream Team, and Orange County Labor Federation announced their demands.
Enrique Morones, right, holds a sign in front of the Anaheim Convention Center protesting the placement of the 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona. A group of immigrant activists held a press conference and protested in front of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel this morning calling on baseball commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Arizona.
SAM GANGWER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
"We want Bud Selig to be on the right side of history and do the right thing – to stand on the side of American values and justice,'' said Roberto Lovato, founder of Presente.org.
The call was made a day before the MLB All-Star game is played at Angels stadium, just a couple of miles east of the hotel.
The petition is part of a national campaign called MoveTheGame.org that has coordinated several rallies across the country to protest Arizona's recent passage of the anti-illegal immigration law SB1070.
The state law makes it a crime to lack immigration papers in Arizona and requires police to ask for documentation of legal status if there is "reasonable suspicion" the person they stopped is in the country illegally. The law only takes place when someone is stopped on suspicion of violating another law. The law was also later amended to discourage racial profiling.
SB1070 is expected to go into effect at the end of July but may be delayed by multiple pending court challenges.
The law has led to allegations that it would lead to racial profiling against Latinos and destroy the trust law enforcement has worked years in trying to foster with the Latino community in that region.
Anti-illegal immigration activists say the new law is the only way the state can defend itself after becoming the nation's busiest corridor for illegal immigration and smuggling.
Still, groups like those at Monday's press conference said the law could lead to racial profiling by law enforcement who are left up to interpreting the law and what it means to have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is in the country illegally.The attempt to move the All-Star game away from Arizona launched in May as a joint campaign led by Presente.org and MoveOn.org
Go Arizona
ANAHEIM – A group opposed to Arizona's recent anti-illegal immigration law said Monday they plan to deliver more than 100,000 petitions to Major League Baseball Commission Bud Selig asking him to move next year's All-Star game out of the "Grand Canyon State."
At a morning press conference in front of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, representatives from various immigration rights movements, including the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles, Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice, Orange County Dream Team, and Orange County Labor Federation announced their demands.
Enrique Morones, right, holds a sign in front of the Anaheim Convention Center protesting the placement of the 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona. A group of immigrant activists held a press conference and protested in front of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel this morning calling on baseball commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Arizona.
SAM GANGWER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
"We want Bud Selig to be on the right side of history and do the right thing – to stand on the side of American values and justice,'' said Roberto Lovato, founder of Presente.org.
The call was made a day before the MLB All-Star game is played at Angels stadium, just a couple of miles east of the hotel.
The petition is part of a national campaign called MoveTheGame.org that has coordinated several rallies across the country to protest Arizona's recent passage of the anti-illegal immigration law SB1070.
The state law makes it a crime to lack immigration papers in Arizona and requires police to ask for documentation of legal status if there is "reasonable suspicion" the person they stopped is in the country illegally. The law only takes place when someone is stopped on suspicion of violating another law. The law was also later amended to discourage racial profiling.
SB1070 is expected to go into effect at the end of July but may be delayed by multiple pending court challenges.
The law has led to allegations that it would lead to racial profiling against Latinos and destroy the trust law enforcement has worked years in trying to foster with the Latino community in that region.
Anti-illegal immigration activists say the new law is the only way the state can defend itself after becoming the nation's busiest corridor for illegal immigration and smuggling.
Still, groups like those at Monday's press conference said the law could lead to racial profiling by law enforcement who are left up to interpreting the law and what it means to have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is in the country illegally.The attempt to move the All-Star game away from Arizona launched in May as a joint campaign led by Presente.org and MoveOn.org
It doesn't make sense why the country would be so opposed to helping legitimize residents of this great country. We do not deny entry, we just want to know you are here and help pay some taxes on all the wonderful benefits the United States offers to those in need.
The United States pockets are not bottomless and providing free schooling, medical, unemployment and so on with an illegal not putting anything back into the system.
I agree, entering the United States without registering is and should remain illegal.