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Published by the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues in Phoenix, Arizona
HISTORY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE
Grassroots Journalism
America's Demand for Cheap Labor and Consumerism Created Stalemate
Both as customers and clandestine workers, people in this country without legal status have been used and abused for too long by businesses who benefit
from them.   
December 10, 2007  

Pruitt's Owner Tactic Fails to Thwart Fourth Consecutive Demonstration
'Landscaping work' by store's staff attempts to seize control of the sidewalk to prevent protesters from holding rally, but the gimmick ends up turning rally
into a march on both sides of Thomas Road.  
November 17, 2007

Joe Arpaio and Demonstrators Stir Up Immigration Debate at a Rally in East Phoenix
United Nations observers witness the Sheriff's impressive deployment of force to monitor a small protest.
October 27, 2007
videos
the issue
interviews
The Complex Tapestry of the Undocumented
Day laborers are just one strand
by Gabriel Escobar
Tensions Deepen at Pruitt's
November 23, 2007
photo galleries
Walk to Phoenix City Hall
December 19, 2007
A multimedia chronicle of the 2007, two-month
immigration and labor related conflict that positioned
Phoenix, Arizona as the ”ground zero” of the national
immigration debate. This is a special coverage of this
conflict that triggered the Maricopa County Sheriff's
Office sweeps that have raised accusations of racial
profiling, a federal investigation and the on-going
volatile protests and counter protests.  
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Photo: Eduardo Barraza/BARRIOZONA
Roger Sensing
(left) owner of
Pruitt's Furniture
in a heated
argument with
immigrants'
advocate
Salvador Reza
during the
two-month
protests in 2007
Operation Immigration
Arrests, Protests, and Turmoil
in Maricopa County
Price: $19.95 + s/h $3.80
Total $23.75
Length: 47 minutes
EAN: 978-0-9797814-6-9
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