[ACLU-NM] Legislative Action Alerts on INS SB103 and 2 Privacy Bills HB 183 and 215

[Kimberly Lavender]

The INS (No State Funding for Local & State Law Enforcement Agencies to
Enforce Federal Immigration Laws) SB 103 will be heard Friday, February 4,
at 2:30 in the Senate Judiciary Committee in room 32l.

It is especially important that members contact Senator Joseph Fidel
(McKinley chapter) and Senator Cynthia Nava (Southern chapter) and Senator
William Sharer (San Juan County Chapter).  We need their key votes.  Call
the Roundhouse at 505.986.4300.

For an example of how this bill will support our immigrant community, please
visit our website for 2 articles on the Del Norte High School students
returning to Mexico rather than face deportation.  When you go to our site
(address below), click on Weblog in the right column for Legislative Alert
#6.  There are excellent quotes from our coalition partners, Marcela Diaz,
Director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, and Karen Sanchez-Griego, State Director
of ENLACE.
our website at www.aclu-nm.org


On the Happy News front:  Both the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification
Devices) HB 215 and the Genetic Privacy HB 183 unanimously passed  the House
Consumer and Public Affairs Committee yesterday.  Thank you, everyone, for
your phone calls to key legislators on that committee.  Now pick up your
cells and THANK THEM for their very good work.
You can call Representatives Dianne Hamilton, Joni Gutierrez, Gail Beam
(Chair), Irvin Harrison, Thomas Anderson, Keith Gardner and Al Park at the
Roundhouse at 505.986.4300.

Boy, is that Diane Wood, working or what?  A+ Diane!


Joyce Briscoe aclunmpr at comcast.net
Legislative and Public Education Advocate, ACLU-NM

PO Box 80915
Albuquerque, NM 87198
go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org

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