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Arizona Republicans want to pay police bounties for immigrant deportations
Arizona police departments would be incentivized to target people they believe are undocumented under a Republican bid to award them a $2,50
LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 207 min read
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Arizona legislation would require local authorities to enforce federal immigration policy
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part special series called “Immigration in Arizona Today” that dives into the latest border is
LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 173 min read
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Nonprofits press Arizona lawmakers to fund community programs over deportations
PHOENIX – Advocates for Arizona’s underserved communities urged state legislators Tuesday to stop funding deportation efforts and instead us
LUCHA Newsroom
Feb 42 min read
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Tucson activists to rally at state capitol for justice, community empowerment
Tucson activists are traveling to the state capitol with LUCHA to advocate for justice, celebrate community efforts, and address concerns ov
LUCHA Newsroom
Jan 294 min read
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Shifting Borders
Gerry Navarro suspects he lost more than a few votes in his unsuccessful bid for Santa Cruz County Supervisor in November due to his unwaver
LUCHA Newsroom
Jan 27 min read
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Qué sabemos de la propuesta de Ley 314 aprobada en Arizona que pretende convertir en crimen estatal la migración no autorizada, entre otras cosas
Además de que el presidente electo, Donald Trump, recuperó el liderazgo republicano en Arizona, en las elecciones del 5 de noviembre de 2024
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 15, 20247 min read
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Human rights advocates call on Biden to speed up reforms to protect migrants
The countdown is underway to January 20, the day Donald Trump will take office as president of the United States. Faced with the threat of
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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Los defensores de los derechos humanos piden a Biden que acelere las reformas para proteger a los migrantes
La cuenta atrás para el 20 de enero, el día que Donald Trump asuma la presidencia de Estados Unidos, está en marcha y ante la amenaza de dep
alexray5
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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Immigrant activists in Arizona pledge to fight against Trump plans for mass deportations
Immigrant activists and legal experts are preparing to fight the mass deportations planned under the next Trump administration.
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LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 13, 20242 min read
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Arizona voters pass border security ballot measure. What happens next?
Proposition 314, the legislatively referred ballot measure that would criminalize unauthorized border crossings and allow Arizona and local
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 10, 20244 min read
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New reality for Arizona immigrants after sweeping Republican victories
As early Arizona election results trickled in on Tuesday evening, there was optimism among the people who spent the day knocking on voters'
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 6, 20245 min read
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NEW POLL: 90% of Arizona Latinos planning to vote, majority don’t feel represented by Republican candidates
For grassroots organizations, this isn’t new information — for years, groups that work with the Latino community have said that they are not
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 5, 20245 min read
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El día que Los Tigres del Norte cantaron para Kamala Harris
Arizona es uno de los estados más disputados porque cada voto cuenta y los candidatos agotan sus opciones para conquistar a los ciudadanos.
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 3, 20245 min read
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2024 US presidential election: Latinas on the front line of the fight against Trump in Arizona
If the Democrats win in Arizona, they will owe it in part to the mobilization of a group of Hispanic women activists, driven into politics b
LUCHA Newsroom
Nov 2, 20247 min read
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George Lopez made fun of Mexicans at Harris rally in Phoenix. Why not the same outrage?
Comedian George Lopez cracked jokes about Mexicans during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in Phoenix last Saturday, but his comments didn
LUCHA Newsroom
Oct 31, 20246 min read
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Newly Naturalized and Ready to Vote
After 37 years of living in the United States, Gastón Garcia overcame anxiety over the naturalization process and became a citizen in Tucson
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Oct 30, 20245 min read
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Dems see warning signs for Harris with youth vote in Arizona
Young voters turned out in record numbers in Arizona in 2020. Trump is making inroads with them now. By Megan Messerly 10/22/2024 06:00...
LUCHA Newsroom
Oct 22, 20246 min read
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As Latino activists work to stop Prop 314,they focus on building movements that last
Dozens of community members packed the communal space of the Copper Courier office in central Phoenix for the Sept. 10 debate watch party
LUCHA Newsroom
Oct 13, 202413 min read
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Mujeres latinoamericanas relatan historias de amenaza y muerte por prohibición del aborto
Stephanie Innes La Voz Cristina Quintanilla fue encarcelada cuando era adolescente, castigada por haber dado a luz a un niño muerto...
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Oct 11, 20245 min read
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Poll: More than 90% of Arizona Latino voters plan to vote
By: Manuelita Beck Posted 7:45 PM, Oct 10, 2024 Nearly all Latino voters in Arizona plan to vote in November, according to a new poll...
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Oct 10, 20243 min read
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AZ PBS Votes 2024: Prop 314 Panel Discussion - 10/8/2024
Watch Alejandra Gomez, Executive Director of LUCHA, talk about Prop 314 on AZ PBS Votes.
LUCHA Newsroom
Oct 8, 20241 min read
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Az's Prop. 314 immigration measure has deep opposition, despite polling well
lmost two-thirds of Arizona voters are in favor of Prop. 314, according to a recent Noble Predictive Insights Poll. But experts and activist
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Oct 6, 20249 min read
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Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states
Claudia Kline, an organizer for Our Voice, Our Vote Arizona, speaks to a group of canvassers before they set out to knock on doors in 106-de
LUCHA Newsroom
Oct 5, 20247 min read
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Conservative Activists Are Monitoring, and Filming, Voter Registration Sites
In Arizona and other states, the activists are accusing Latino advocacy groups of registering undocumented immigrants. Canvassers are...
alexray5
Oct 4, 20246 min read
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Young people launch a campaign to welcome migrants to US and confront hate speech
Several billboards will display messages welcoming immigrants in Ohio, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and Wisconsin to counter the Republican...
alexray5
Oct 3, 20243 min read
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Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states
By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez - September 30, 2024 9:54 am This five-day series explores the priorities of voters in Arizona, Georgia,...
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Sep 30, 20249 min read
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Prop. 312: Arizona cities would face new financial hit over homelessness issues
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — It started out as a reaction to “The Zone,” a blocks-long area near downtown Phoenix that...
LUCHA Newsroom
Sep 28, 20245 min read
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What Grassroots Groups Are Doing to Help Harris Win Over Voters in the Sun Belt
David Callahan, Sep 28, 2024 A New York Times /Siena poll released recently showed Trump ahead in three battleground states: Arizona,...
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Sep 28, 20243 min read
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Kamala Harris heads to busiest border sector to define her immigration platform
Stephanie Murray Arizona Republic Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a city at the heart of the nation’s immigration issues on...
alexray5
Sep 27, 20244 min read
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These AZ groups are honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with community celebrations and civic engagement
By Alyssa Bickle, September 27, 2024 People from more than 20 countries consider themselves to be Hispanic or Latino, with ancestors from...
alexray5
Sep 27, 20245 min read
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On Immigration, Harris and Democrats Walk a Delicate — and Harder — Line
The message Democrats put forward at their convention last week, a tougher line than in decades, reflects how deeply immigration remains...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 25, 20245 min read
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Arizona Proposal to Allow Local Police to Make Arrests Near Border to Appear on Ballot
An Arizona Supreme Court ruling green lights the Nov. 5 vote on a proposal that would make it a state crime for migrants to cross the...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 15, 20243 min read
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Border Measure Headed to Ballot in Arizona, in Boost for Trump
Arizonans will see a sweeping measure on their November ballots that would address illegal border crossings, migrants using false...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 14, 20244 min read
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Luz verde para que la propuesta 314 aparezca en la boleta de Noviembre
Por Dyana Villa, Univision Arizona
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
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AZ Supreme Court upholds GOP-backed border security proposal for November ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with a lower court that a Republican-backed border security proposal can stay on the November ballot. By...
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
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AZ Supreme Court rejects bid to block ‘Secure Border’ measure from going to the ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday said a Republican ballot referral that would make it a state crime for migrants to cross the...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 14, 20243 min read
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Too bad biogtry wasn't a disqualifier for Arizona's racist 'Secure the Border Act'
Proposition 314, the so-called 'Secure the Border Act,' will secure nothing, cause human suffering and cost taxpayers a bundle. By EJ...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Border measure headed to ballot
A measure creating new criminal statutes barring illegal border crossings and enhancing drug offenses to include the sale of “lethal...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 13, 20243 min read
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"We want to make sure that Arizona delivers big" for Harris, says local immigrant rights group leader
By Eva McKend, CNN Earlier this summer, Alejandra Gomez, executive director of Living United for Change (LUCHA) in Arizona, told CNN it...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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Rep. Ruben Gallego's Latino voter outreach paying off in Senate race
Ruben Gallego is leaning hard on Latino voters in his uncontested campaign to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for Arizona’s open U.S....
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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2024 Arizona Election: When it comes to ballot measures, voters have some big choices to make in November
Come November, Arizona voters will have some big choices to make. By Justin Lum & Kenneth Wong PHOENIX - Besides the presidential and...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 30, 20246 min read
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Latino Leaders Set Aside Their Rocky Past With Kamala Harris on Immigration
Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups are backing the vice president, despite their clashes with the Biden administration on border...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 27, 20245 min read
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Arizona’s Proposition 314, authorizing local enforcement of federal immigration law, would face legal hurdles if approved
Proposition 314 would make it a crime under Arizona law to cross the border illegally – allowing police to arrest anyone who can’t prove...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 24, 20244 min read
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Letting the ‘Secure Border Act’ go to voters would neuter an AZ Constitutional rule, critics argue
Four immigrant advocacy organizations are urging the Arizona Supreme Court to overrule a lower court judge and block a GOP ballot...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 24, 20246 min read
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Activists take fight against border-control ballot measure to state Supreme Court
Activist organizations are appealing a judge's ruling that allowed a proposal making it a state crime to cross the border illegally to...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 20, 20247 min read
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Desestiman demanda contra la HCR 2060
Ley de Seguridad Fronteriza de Arizona a votación como la Proposición 314 Por Oscar Ramos, Prensa Arizona El juez del Tribunal Superior...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 18, 20243 min read
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GOP border ballot initiative headed to Arizona Supreme Court
Proposition 314 would make it a state crime to enter Arizona by crossing the state’s border with Mexico outside of a legal port of entry,...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 17, 20241 min read
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Opponents appeal judge’s decision on AZ border ballot referral
Latino advocacy groups are appealing a judge’s approval of a GOP ballot referral that would allow local police to jail migrants, in a...
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Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Opinion: ‘Secure the Border Act’ is a racist lie. Voters must defeat it
The latest iteration of the costly and disastrous SB 1070 will be Proposition 314 on the November ballot. By EJ Montini, The Arizona...
LUCHA Newsroom 1
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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