Beltway Area Indymedia

Today, Tuesday, July 30th, the immigrant community of Prince William County announced their response to the racist, anti-immigrant law passed by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors on July 10, 2007. Determined to force the Board of Supervisor's to rescind the xenophobic, unconstitutional legislation, which would deny county services to those who could not prove their legal status, and force county police to check the immigration status of anyone detained, representatives from the immigrant community today announced their plan to move forward Today's announcement came after a series of community meetings, drawing more than 3,500 people, in which the voices of the immigrant community were heard.

Concerning the Racist-Anti-Immigrant Tide Sweeping the Empire
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We want to make this points first so we may finally be understood by white people and culture. This not intended for white people who are truly in solidarity with us, because there are many and we recognize and welcome that.

I had the pleasure, and displeasure, yesterday of attending the hearing at which the Prince William County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors passed one of the most draconian, anti-immigrant pieces of legislation on the books to date in the United States. The pleasure lay in seeing people stand up for their humanity, and what is right. The displeasure lay in seeing the anti-immigrant sentiment, whipped up by the powerful elite, exert its influence on the Board of Supervisors.

On Monday, June 4th, HUD tenants and allies from across the US came together to fight for affordable housing and dignity. Rallying in front of the Washington DC office of Deutsche Bank, at 1339 New York Avenue NW, one of the largest investors in AIMCO (a major owner/manager of housing units, including public housing, in the United States), the tenants demanded that Deutsche Bank use its shareholder power within AIMCO to make AIMCO abide by the United Nations Global Compact for Responsible Conduct. Deutsche Bank has proclaimed support the Compact. AIMCO, the Apartment Investment Management Company, has treated tenants with utter contempt, including evicting tenants from subsidized housing in order to construct more profitable market rate homes.