Group works to make immigrants politically aware – Immigrants Without Borders in Phoenix From: yumasun.com
Tagged: Arizona, Arpaio, border, citizenship, Maricopa County, PhoenixPosted on: May 5th, 2008
Eighteen people are waiting and watching TV in the lobby of Immigrants Without Borders, an advocacy group that helps with residency and citizenship applications, when Elias Bermudez walks in.
Speaking Spanish, Bermudez, a former mayor of San Luis, Ariz., who is the group’s founder and director, says he’s looking for registered voters to sign a petition for an opponent of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But he also wants those in the lobby to know this: Together with Hispanics around Arizona, they have political power.
“The most positive thing we can do is make sure everybody who is a U.S. citizen is registered to vote and everybody who is registered to vote comes out to vote,” Bermudez says.”*
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