In a packed Memorial Hall at Steele Indian School Park filled with constituents, activists, and political leaders, Arizona Congressional District Three House Representative Yassamin Ansari, the youngest woman in Congress, delivered a rousing State of the District Address, which focused on her first year achievements, what she would like to do for Arizonans in the … Read more
by Carolyn Classen, blogger Location: Location TBA- First Christian Church Organizer: Community Organized Every 2nd Saturday. Childcare and English/Spanish interpretation provided. Together, we can put an end to the cruelty of immigration enforcement. Bring your loved ones and your ideas, big or small. Everyone has something to offer. Gather to imagine, make plans, and take action.
At a recent community meeting hosted by Representatives Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva, former Maricopa County Democratic Party Communications Director Edder Diaz Martinez was among the panelists, calling attention to the dystopian vision and actions of the Donald Trump/Stephen Miller immigration system and their cruel quest to deny innocent people who have lived in the … Read more
Nothing like a surprise trip to a government facility to uncover all the broken rules, compromised regulations, and appalling conditions being allowed there. That is what happened yesterday evening when Arizona’s three Democratic Representatives, Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Greg Stanton made an unannounced late evening visit to the DHS-ICE Administered Arizona Removal Operations Coordination … Read more
46 deaths: the highest number ever of people who have died while in ICE custody since the start of the second Trump Administration. 5000 people are detained every day in Arizona’s three detention facilities, with innocent people, including pregnant women and disabled individuals, who have lived decades in this country being kidnapped from the communities … Read more