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Civil disobedience begins in Arizona over new immigration law

This video, made by Jason Aragon from PanLeft, shows one of the many acts of civil disobedience taking place in Arizona as the date for SB 1070 to go into effect comes close.

This is part three of an ongoing series of videos I’m using with permission.

90DAYSTOPHOENIX.com is an independent media project that has been documenting Arizona’s ongoing struggle to “sift through the truth and lies behind the immigration debate.” Journalists, photographers, filmmakers and others are working together to give a real-time on-the-ground account of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law – SB 1070 – scheduled to take effect July 29.

Another goal of the project is to show as large an audience as possible how this new law will effect people throughout the state.

Seven people were arrested by Phoenix Police on Thursday outside the U.S. District Court in Phoenix while the federal government was presenting arguments against the new law that makes it a state crime to be an undocumented immigrant. Activists are calling for widespread nonviolent actions all across the state on the day the law goes into effect.

For more information on the 90DAYSTOPHOENIX project, click here.