Community leaders expressed relief that Judge Bolton agreed with plaintiffs and placed a preliminary injunction on key pieces of 1070 barring them from going into effect on July 29th. The "Papers Please" component was enjoined meaning officers won't be able to stop someone merely on suspicion that they lack proof of citizenship.  Police won't be able to detain people merely because they are not carrying documents to prove they are here legally.  The "Reasonable suspicion" standard was enjoined. 

However, our fight will continue because aspects we deem unconstitutional and inhumane go into effect at 12:01am on July 29^th.  The section making it illegal for anyone to block traffic if they are soliciting work or picking up day laborers will go into effect on the 29th. Activists will be monitoring closely to make sure there aren't trumped up charges of undocumented day laborers blocking traffic.

Also going into effect is the "grandma has to walk" provision, making it illegal to knowingly or recklessly harbor or transport undocumented immigrants.  Civil disobedience and resistance will continue until all human beings feel safe to go about their daily lives without fear of being "disappeared." 

For the past two years law enforcement officers from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and several other municipal police departments have been stopping people of color for "improper lane changes," "improper right or left turns," or for no reason at all and turning them over to ICE.  Unless and until the Department of Homeland Security instructs ICE not to accept non-criminal aliens, people of color in Arizona will continue to live in fear, and people of conscience will continue to fight to protect the human rights of all Arizonans.  

Click here for a list of actions taking place this week.