Sociologists without Borders Calls for Arizona Boycott

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Sociologists without Borders (SSF) strongly condemns Arizona Law SB1070 which requires police officers to request documentation from persons who they believe may be undocumented immigrants. SSF calls on state and federal authorities to prevent the law from going into effect. In addition, SSF will refrain from holding any meetings or soliciting the services of any entity, public or private, located in the state of Arizona. We call on SSF members and Sociologists to boycott travel to or soliciting the services of entities located in the state of Arizona unless absolutely necessary until the law is repealed or deemed unconstitutional.

SSF believes that Arizona Law SB1070 is a form of racial profiling and discrimination because officers will likely rely on appearance, phenotypes, language and accents to make judgments that will lead to the unnecessary harassment or detention of US citizens and residents, including SSF members and other Sociologists. SSF does not tolerate racial profiling or discrimination in the United States or elsewhere.

SSF recognizes that this law is part of a larger trend of discrimination against immigrants in the state of Arizona. We regret this trend and encourage local, national and international efforts to intervene through the use of non-violent tactics such as political organizing and economic boycotts. Matters of enforcement for immigration law is best handled by authorities that are specifically trained for this purpose and should remain that way in the state of Arizona. We regret that SB1070 was signed into law and hope that it is quickly repealed or deemed unconstitutional.

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  • Louis Edgar Esparza
  • Judith Blau
  • Josh Murray
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  • Juhi Tyagi
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    • В
  • Mark Frezzo
  • Brian L. Rich
  • Shelytia Cocroft
  • David L. Brunsma
  • miren uriarte
  • Melissa/Vanderbeck
  • John Barnshaw
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    • "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "
  • Ana S.Q. Liberato
  • Tanya Golash-Boza
  • Joel Ritsema
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  • sun-chul kim
  • Dr. David G. Embrick
  • walda katz-fishman
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    • an injury to one is an injury to all, this is about all of us!
  • John L. Hammond
  • Tarun Banerjee
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    • В
  • Erica Chito Childs
  • Arreya Bond
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    • В
  • Alfonso Hernandez
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    • В
  • Melissa F. Weiner
  • robert dunn
  • Amy Dunckel
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  • Immanuel Wallerstein
  • Vania Brightman Cox
  • Norman Goodman
  • Doreen Pierce
  • Katja M. Guenther
  • aurelia lorena murga
  • Jessica Sippy
  • Gianmarco Savio
  • Joe Feagin
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    • It is time to consider immigrants as human beings with full human rights.
  • Lynda Nyce
  • Silvia Dominguez
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    • Look to establish coalitions instead.
  • Athena R. Griffith
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  • Karen Suzanne Glover
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    • civil rights without borders
  • Suzanne Oboler
  • Rose Brewer
  • Sarah Drewett
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    • Where most people's values are moving forward, yours seem to be moving backward. I have already sent out letters to businesses in your state explaining why I will no longer purchase goods from them. I hope they will write you angry letters about their rapidly falling sales, as I am encouraging everyone I know to follow in my footsteps.
  • Johnny E. Williams
  • Glenn E. Bracey II
  • Will Capers
  • Debra Cornelius
  • Kendra Barber
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  • Emily M. Drew
  • Pamela Anne Quiroz
  • Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
  • Kerry Ann Rockquemore