Puente Movement Research Paper

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The Puente Movement and Larkin & Lacey Frontera Fund Civil and Migrant Rights Crusades
Arizona is home to many civil, human and migrant rights groups and advocates. The Phoenix based Puente Movement is one such organization. The movement advocates for migrant justice by empowering and educating communities to enable them defend their families and enhance their quality of life. The organization’s operating framework is built on the foundation of “Closed Fist, Open Hand strategy”. The Closed Fist strategy infers to fighting enforcement actions that criminalize people, though racial profiling, detention, Police-ICE collaboration and deportation. The Open Hand strategy, on the other hand, involves creating an all inclusive community and combating attrition policies skewed to make the lives of immigrants unbearable.

The programs being undertaken by the Puente migrant justice organization at the grassroots level currently includes; Community Defense Courses, Underground Library and Puente a la Salud, which encourages community leaders to promote holistic health …show more content…

The journalists received a settlement of $3.75 million after their unlawful arrest by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on October 18, 2007. They were accused of writing about a secretive grand jury that sought reporter’s notes covering the Sheriff. Michael and Jim are the Co-founders of the online based Phoenix New Times and Village Voice Media. Their website continually highlights news about migrants along with local and national policies and laws with repercussions to civil, human and migrant rights in Arizona and throughout the US. In one such report, the laceyandlarkinfronterafund.org reported in late May about smart strategies volunteers, cities, businesses and states can use to resist President Donald Trump’s overreaching Immigration

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