Emergency Mtg: Immigrants Rights : AZ IMC

A Call to Arms To All Progressives Metro Phoenix

What: Emergency planning meeting

Where: Faith Lutheran Church, 801 East Camelback Road
When: Saturday, December 8th at 5:00 PM

Purpose: To plan a directed campaign of public support for Police Chief Harris, Mayor Phil Gordon and the City Council to maintain their "Don't Ask" policy" and prevent the police Dept. from becoming de-facto Immigration agents. At an earlier meeting the decision was taken to broaden the call and reach a larger cross section of the progressive community to come together in defense of the Latino Community.

Contact: Unidos en Arizona 623-204-4626 info@unidosenarizona.org

Background:

Many of you may already be aware that there is an intensive, racist led campaign to pressure the Mayor and City Council to follow Sheriff Arpio's lead and convert the Phoenix police into an extension of the immigration enforcement arm, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) which is terrorizing the immigrant community as you read this notice.

While some in the progressive community are in favor of this persecution and believe it to be necessary, this notice is NOT to convince those who do not understand why this must be opposed. The purpose is to make a call for all people of conscience to come to the aid of the Latino community in a practical and directed campaign of support.

An emergency call to arms is being made to all those who see and understand not only the racist implications of increasing the persecution of the immigrant community, but equally important, what it means from the broader perspective of a further move towards a police state under the guise of "enforcing immigration law". Today it is the Latino community and tomorrow it may be yours!

"May I see your papers please?" Is the chilling question that today is being asked of people with Latino features and skin tones. Tomorrow it will be asked of you on the slightest of provocations. Please make every effort to attend this strategic meeting, as the city administration needs to hear from the broader community. Today the racists are speaking for us all.

Did You Know?

Unknown to most American citizens is the existence of a ten-year plan by Homeland Security called "Endgame" to rid the country of every single undocumented immigrant, man, woman and child by the year 2012 (copies will be available). It has been moving at an accelerated rate and is right on schedule.

Already immense detention centers have been built and the political and social infrastructure is in place to carry this task out. In January of 2006, Kellogg, Brown and Root (a division of Halliburton) was awarded a $385 Million dollar contract to build detention facilities in the event of "an illegal immigration crisis". The handwriting is on the wall. The Latino community is in a fight for its life. Their appeal for help is extremely urgent!