Fighting the Arizona Immigration Law

Immigration advocacy groups to challenge Arizona law

Washington Post
By Jonathan J. Cooper and Paul Davenport

Sunday, April 25, 2010
...The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund said it plans to challenge the law, which it said "launches Arizona into a spiral of pervasive fear, community distrust, increased crime and costly litigation, with nationwide repercussions."

William Sanchez, president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders Legal Defense Fund, said his group is preparing a federal lawsuit against Arizona to stop the law from being applied. The group represents 30,000 evangelical churches nationwide, including 300 Latino pastors in Arizona... link

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