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Salt Lake City, UT- 200 protesters filled the Utah State Capitol Building in solidarity with undocumented immigrants on July 29. Their chants rang through the capitol, expressing outrage at Arizona’s latest piece of racist legislation aimed at Mexican and Chicano people. On the day that SB1070, the anti-immigrant law, went into effect in the neighboring state of Arizona, groups such as the Salt Lake Autonomous Brown Berets and the Revolutionary Student Union (RSU) joined with Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) for a rally. The coalition sent a clear message to Utah’s legislators, “Racist legislation not welcome here!”
A Utah right-wing group, the Patrick Henry Caucus, is having its state senators propose copycat legislation: SB81 and SB251. Despite a last-minute federal government injunction against aspects of Arizona’s SB1070, these far right senators announced publicly that they are still proposing such legislation in Utah.
Inside the capitol building five dedicated women activists delivered inspiring speeches that energized the protesters to stop racist laws targeting Mexican and other immigrants. The messages of solidarity printed on signs and expressed by the speakers came from a variety of perspectives, all united in support of immigrants’ rights. One Christian speaker asked, “Who would Jesus deport?” Others represented socialist, feminist and LGBTQ groups.
Many in attendance were not satisfied with leaving their message within the confines of the capitol building and after the rally ended, they enthusiastically took their signs and chants to the streets. The approach of the marchers was noticed blocks away by the sound of pro-immigrant and pro-worker slogans, the sight of the red and black flags waving at the front of the procession, and students and immigrant rights activists holding protest signs declaring, “SB1070 tears families apart,” “Stop the hate!” and “Por la reforma migratoria.”
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Unconstitutional law!!!
Unconstitutional law!!!
SB 1070 most certainly DOES tear families apart
SB 1070 tears families apart. I don't understand how anyone can say it doesn't. I have seen footage of sheriff's deputies in Arizona wearing ski masks taking a mother from a car, leaving her two small children sitting the back seat, and telling the children, "Say good bye to your mother."
If you say SB 1070 doesn't tear families apart, you're being deliberately blind to plain facts.
As to the cost to taxpayers, that's a load of bull. First of all, most immigrants work their butts off, pay taxes, and don't use many services. But second, you would have to be pretty slow to blame this country's revenue shortfall on the handful of immigrants who don't pay taxes, when so many of the country's richest people and corporations are paying almost no taxes. Why worry about some fellow making $5 an hour maybe dodging part of his taxes? Why not worry about the billionaires who are paying less taxes like they were truck drivers?
Sb does not tear families
Sb does not tear families apart, they tear families apart by choosing to break the law. How about the toll the are taking on tax payers - every one is so selfish these days.
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