March against SB1070 before All-Star Game

by Jim Cross/KTAR (July 11th, 2011 @ 12:03pm)

Arizona Wildfire News

PHOENIX -- Hundreds of people are expected to march in downtown Phoenix before Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game to protest Senate Bill 1070, Arizona's tough immigration law signed a year ago.

The march will start around 3 p.m. at Seventh and McKinley Streets and end at Chase Field, site of the mid-summer classic.

"The All-Stars coming in here are supporting the type of legislation that is going on today and the type of laws that are going on in Arizona," said Salvador Reza with the Puente Movement.

Nearly a year after it took effect, SB1070 is devastating families, said Reza, who, along with other Hispanic leaders, tried to get Major League Baseball to pull the game from Phoenix because of SB1070.

"Even though the All-Star Game still continued -- it wasn't stopped supposedly because part of SB1070 was blocked -- parts are still in effect and still causing a lot of havoc in the streets," Reza said.

"Arizona is still a hateful state, Arizona is still separating families. There are other ways of solving the situation."

He said groups from southern California would join Arizonans in Tuesday's protest.

Members of another immigrants' rights group, Somos America, plans to pass out white ribbons at the ballpark in protest to SB1070.

The most controversial parts of SB1070 are on hold, pending legal challenges expected to be decided ultimately by the U.S. Supreme Court.


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    What a disgrace these Illegal
    City Girl
    supporters are! People are coming into town will spend alot of thier money - they don't care about this silly protest. Raza and his group should hang their heads is shame ruining family day at the ball park. Oh wait Raza supports Illegals who start they're very first time here breaking the LAWS! Guess the Citizens didn't hear about the BOYCOTT - money is rolling in - Could it be they support Arizona stand on ILLEGALS
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    Why don't we put
    PalinBeck2012
    that racist sal reza & the rest of his racist buddies in jail stripes & make their sorry arses pick up trash around Chase Field?
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    Is there a map of the route?
    VoiceOfReaeon
    Can someone please send me a map of where this event will take place? I would like to avoid being forced to listen to something I really don't care about. Why would you want to take the fun out of going to the allstar game? Salvador, you have every right to voice your opinions, but target people that actually care, not those out trying to have a good time.
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    Why
    bigjonwv
    would anyone want to go back to mexico, they have no welfare and nothing of value left to steal.
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    Salvador Reza ...
    AZDrummer
    Please leave with the rest of the illegals. YOU may be a citizen, but your alliegence is to Mexico, not the USA, so basically you are a traitor. Is it any wonder the citizens of Arizona, and MANY other states are fed up with these vermin who sneak in then EXPECT to be taken care of by citizens tax money? Don't go away mad, just GO AWAY.
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