Local advocacy group Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an effort to prevent a Republican-led measure, which would make crossing the border illegally a state crime, from reaching the November ballot. The legal action, which claims the measure to be unconstitutional, comes a day after the Arizona House of […]
Local advocacy group Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an effort to prevent a Republican-led measure, which would make crossing the border illegally a state crime, from reaching the November ballot. The legal action, which claims the measure to be unconstitutional, comes a day after the Arizona House of […]
Outside the lawn of the Arizona state Capitol on Saturday, Gina Mendez reflected on the 18-year battle she and others have waged against legislation they consider anti-immigrant and racist. The 33-year-old Mexican American and south Phoenix resident walked out of Cesar Chavez High School as a freshman student in 2006 to protest an immigration enforcement […]