with I-03-2004
A citizens' initiative to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo
ID to vote, and proof of eligibility for non-federally mandated public benefits
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PROTECT ARIZONA NOW with I-03-2004 A citizens' initiative to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo ID to vote, and proof of eligibility for non-federally mandated public benefits |
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What kind of journalism is this? We turned in 190,877 signatures last week, and this pathetic excuse for a story is mostly from and about the opposition? This wouldn't have been too bad for a day 3 or day 4 article, but inappropriate--almost unethical--for the only story the day after. Our brave patriots who suffered and died to give us a free press must be turning over in their graves fast enough to generate electricity. Initiative on illegal entrants stirs heat - End of services for noncitizens is goal; opponents are outraged By C.J. Karamargin, Arizona Daily Star, July 2, 2004 Immigration officially moved to the top of Arizona's election year agenda Thursday when more than 190,000 signatures were filed with the Secretary of State's Office by backers of a ballot initiative requiring voters and applicants for public services to show proof of citizenship. Opponents of the Protect Arizona Now initiative immediately launched a two-pronged campaign against the measure: challenge the validity of the signatures and, failing that, work toward its defeat in November. "This initiative is motivated by hate," U.S. Rep. Raijalva told a Tucson rally of Hispanic and civil rights activists... Calling the initiative discriminatory and mean-spirited, the Tucson Democrat promised a united statewide effort to ensure it never becomes law... "Governments on all levels - local, state and federal - should hang their heads in shame to make the people of Arizona go through this ordeal because governments arrogantly refuse to do their duties," said Kathy McKee, chairwoman of the Protect Arizona Now campaign... Montserrat Caballero, program director of the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, told the rally that passage of the initiative could trample the rights of sexual assault victims by creating a climate of fear among service providers...Those concerns were echoed by Erica Dahl-Bredine, a manager for Catholic Relief Services' Mexico Program, an international relief and development agency of U.S. Catholic bishops... In a statement read at the rally, Mayor Bob Walkup criticized initiative backers for seeking "to blame a single group of Arizonans for the problems of all Arizonans." City Councilman Steve Leal called it an attempt at "scapegoating." Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias said it was a cruel example of "the politics of exclusion." ... |
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