r/50501Arizona

Less than an hour ago a member of my band was detained and arrested at the gate of the airport in Phoenix, Arizona as we headed out to start our tour.

If you know any immigration lawyers that may be able to help please reach out to me on instagram @ninimusicofficial or email @ ninimusic1001@gmail.com

Edit: I just want to add a few things.

There have been a lot of racist / xenophobic comments which are really disappointing and disturbing to see.

This person is one of the most talented, intelligent, and genuine people I have worked with. We don’t know much at the moment and are just hoping to get him some help and check in on him.

Remove the USPS from the equation on Election Day.

Our Maricopa Community Colleges are an economic engine for Arizona. We’re training our future workforce and improving our students’ lives.

We must not elect people with extreme views to the MCCCD Governing Board. Please look at this website to learn more about their destructive plans. Their entire ticket is Turning Point endorsed - another huge red flag.

https://protectcommunitycolleges.com/

Instead, vote for Judy Schwiebert, Bill Sandweg and Donna Davis. They will provide steady leadership to strengthen our already excellent colleges!

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Via @peccary_not_pig on IG

BREAKING: This morning masked federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered private land in Lochiel, Arizona to halt protesters from protecting the grandmother cottonwood tree-sit that has halted border wall construction for more than two months. The tree sit was dismantled and the grandmother tree was destroyed.

Contractors are currently constructing double border walls across the San Rafael Valley, one of the last wildlife corridors from transboundary wildlife populations of jaguars, ocelots, black bears between the Sky Islands of Mexico and the United States.

Early voting opens Oct 7, so this is a good moment to look at the four measures the Legislature put on the ballot. Their titles don't tell you much so Save Our Schools Arizona wrote up what they do and recommends a NO on all four.

• Prop 320: districts in the largest counties, and any district with 7,500+ students, would have to spend at least 60% of their operating budget on "direct instruction," which the measure doesn't define. Miss it and the district loses Classroom Site Fund money, starting at 25% and rising each year. SOSAZ notes that money pays for teacher salaries and performance pay
• Prop 318: students would have to use sports teams, bathrooms and locker rooms matching the sex on their birth certificate. SOSAZ says it would also open schools and rec leagues to lawsuits
• Prop 144: writes a voter ID requirement for in-person and mail ballots into the state constitution. SOSAZ reads it as a copy of your ID in every mail ballot envelope, and says the utility bill and bank statement options would go away
• Prop 142: bars public schools, agencies and employers from keeping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies

Source: https://sosaz.substack.com/p/props-101-the-bad-and-the-ugly

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