Baseball Fans Call on Major League Baseball to Move All-Star Game Out of Arizona

For Immediate Release
Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Contact: Martine Apodaca (202) 383-5989

Baseball Fans Call on Major League Baseball to Move All-Star Game Out of Arizona at Joint Protests in DC and New York

Two Days after the Department of Justice Announced Lawsuit against Arizona; Activists Intensify the Pressure on MLB

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Baseball fans and activists opposed to Arizona's harsh and discriminatory anti-immigrant law gathered outside Major League Baseball's lobbyist headquarters to protest the law and called on Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All-Star game out of Phoenix. The activists gathered outside the offices of Baker Hostetler, whose relationship with Major League Baseball "dates back almost as far as the game itself."

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Groups Urge Oregonians, Others to Bypass AZ

Chris Thomas, Public News Service - OR
April 27, 2010

PORTLAND, Ore. - This could be the year to visit Hells Canyon instead of the Grand Canyon, depending on one's political point of view. Some advocates of immigration reform are asking people to leave Arizona out of their summer vacation plans, to protest its tough new state law on immigration.

Here in Oregon and around the country, the immigrant community is concerned about the law, which allows police to detain people suspected of being illegal immigrants, and requires immigrants to carry documentation of their status.

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