Thursday, October 28, 2004
MoveOn Votes NO on AZ Prop 200
Dear MoveOn member in Arizona,
As you prepare to vote, we'd like to highlight a key question that will be on the ballot.
Your "NO" vote will be critical to stopping Proposition 200, a terrible, racist measure masquerading as "immigration reform."
Pushed by an extreme anti-immigration group, Prop. 200 would force all Arizonans to present birth certificates or passports to receive public services -- and to vote. It would require public employees to report to federal authorities anyone who can't present these documents, and it would jail public employees (including doctors, teachers, firefighters, librarians, and social workers) who make an error in enforcing immigration laws.
Prop. 200 would discourage citizens and residents alike from seeking medical care or childhood immunizations. It would encourage racial profiling in schools, hospitals, and polling places. And it would cost Arizona taxpayers millions in needless prosecutions, incarcerations, and lawsuits.
Prop. 200 is opposed unanimously by Arizona's Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green parties, by business, labor, Latino, and church groups, by doctors, firefighters, and police, and by Governor Janet Napolitano and Arizona's entire Congressional delegation, including Senator John McCain. We urge you to vote NO on Prop. 200.
For more information on Proposition 200, see:
http://www.defeat200.org/
We've attached links to editorials opposing Prop. 200 below.
Thanks for your commitment to ensuring a bright and just future for Arizona and America.
Sincerely,
- Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, and Wes
The MoveOn.org Team
October 28th, 2004
P.S.: Here are a few key editorials about this ballot measure.
No on Prop. 200: It's not the solution
Arizona Republic, September 12, 2004
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/editorial/articles/0912sun1-12.html
Flawed proposition: Bad for Arizona and for America
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2004
http://www.defeat200.org/articles/14Sept04.htm
Prop. 200: A Windfall; Immigrants already pay more than they receive
Arizona Daily Star, September 25, 2004
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/40415.php
Prop. 200 has friends in Klan, other low places
Tucson Citizen, September 3, 2004
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=opinion&story_id=090304b5_baldenegro
As you prepare to vote, we'd like to highlight a key question that will be on the ballot.
Your "NO" vote will be critical to stopping Proposition 200, a terrible, racist measure masquerading as "immigration reform."
Pushed by an extreme anti-immigration group, Prop. 200 would force all Arizonans to present birth certificates or passports to receive public services -- and to vote. It would require public employees to report to federal authorities anyone who can't present these documents, and it would jail public employees (including doctors, teachers, firefighters, librarians, and social workers) who make an error in enforcing immigration laws.
Prop. 200 would discourage citizens and residents alike from seeking medical care or childhood immunizations. It would encourage racial profiling in schools, hospitals, and polling places. And it would cost Arizona taxpayers millions in needless prosecutions, incarcerations, and lawsuits.
Prop. 200 is opposed unanimously by Arizona's Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green parties, by business, labor, Latino, and church groups, by doctors, firefighters, and police, and by Governor Janet Napolitano and Arizona's entire Congressional delegation, including Senator John McCain. We urge you to vote NO on Prop. 200.
For more information on Proposition 200, see:
http://www.defeat200.org/
We've attached links to editorials opposing Prop. 200 below.
Thanks for your commitment to ensuring a bright and just future for Arizona and America.
Sincerely,
- Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, and Wes
The MoveOn.org Team
October 28th, 2004
P.S.: Here are a few key editorials about this ballot measure.
No on Prop. 200: It's not the solution
Arizona Republic, September 12, 2004
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/editorial/articles/0912sun1-12.html
Flawed proposition: Bad for Arizona and for America
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2004
http://www.defeat200.org/articles/14Sept04.htm
Prop. 200: A Windfall; Immigrants already pay more than they receive
Arizona Daily Star, September 25, 2004
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/40415.php
Prop. 200 has friends in Klan, other low places
Tucson Citizen, September 3, 2004
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=opinion&story_id=090304b5_baldenegro
