Amy Goodman
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Latino Voters Help Dethrone Anti-Immigrant Champion in Historic Arizona Recall Election
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November 10, 2011
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www.DemocracyNow.org - The architect of the Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law, Russell Pearce, lost a major recall election Tuesday night, becoming the first Arizona state senator ever to do so. He is required to step down immediately and will be replaced by newly elected Republican Jerry Lewis. Pearce wrote Senate Bill 1070, which requires police to investigate the immigration status of people they have lawfully detained. He was also behind an effort to pass legislation aiming to give the state discretion to deny citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants. For immigrant rights activists, the recall marked the success of a new political organizing strategy that brought together a diverse array of voters representing various religious and political affiliations. Democracy Now! speaks with Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona. "People had a choice. They had a choice between someone who demonized immigrants, somebody who divided our state, somebody who cast distress in democracy over somebody who was talking about bringing the community together, living his values as he had been a resident in Mesa for over 30 years," Falcon says.
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