June 30, 2011
We Are Georgia Campaign renews it’s call for Mass Mobilization on July 2nd!
Put on your marching shoes, we hit the streets this Saturday. The politicians who passed HB87 are trying to drive us deeper into the shadows and further underground. We will not comply! We are coming out, standing up, and getting loud! We converge on the Capitol Saturday, July 2 for the largest mass mobilization the South has seen in years. The rally and march [...]
June 28, 2011
Media Coverage – Judge blocks parts of Ga. immigration law
Judge blocks parts of Ga. immigration law By KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press ATLANTA — A federal judge on Monday blocked parts of Georgia’s law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge is resolved. Judge Thomas Thrash granted a request to block parts of the law that penalize people who [...]
April 14, 2011
Georgia Legislature Passes Arizona Copycat Anti-Immigration Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14th, 2011 Contact: Kathrin Ivanovic (215) 776-1162 Xochitl Bervera (404) 861-0756 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Georgia Legislature Passes Arizona Copycat Anti-Immigration Bill Opposition calls on Governor Deal to veto controversial legislation [pdf] As the Georgia Assembly passed Georgia House Bill 87 today, sending some of the most extreme anti-immigrant legislation in the [...]
April 14, 2011
[Advisory] Georgians to Stand Watch as Legislators Debate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14th, 2011 Contact: Kathrin Ivanovic (215) 776-1162 Xochitl Bervera (404) 861-0756 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Georgians to Stand Watch as Legislators Debate Arizona Copycat Legislation Threat of jobs-killing, racial profiling bills passing in the 11th hour spurs vigil [pdf] In the final hours of the General Assembly, communities in opposition to Arizona-style [...]
