From Our District Executive:

Most of you have probably heard about the anti-immigrant bill signed by the Arizona governor this past week, which will impact many of our brothers and sisters in Arizona. We are urging all UUs to work to overturn this unjust law and to look at ways to influence the Arizona legislature toward that goal.

Ken Brown
District Executive
Pacific Southwest District

Resolution of the delegates to the 2010  Assembly of the Pacific Southwest District

Whereas, the governor of Arizona has signed legislation requiring state law enforcement officers to question persons about their status to legally be in the state if there is a reasonable suspicion of the question of the individual's immigration status, and making it a misdemeanor to lack proper immigration paperwork, and,

Whereas, there is a well-founded belief that persons of Hispanic origin will be turned into suspects in their own communities, regardless of their legal status and, in the words of president Obama, "[this] undermines basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and our communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe," and,

Whereas, Unitarian Universalists, dedicated to speaking and standing on the side of love, and in affirmation of the worth and dignity of every person do,

Resolve, that the Pacific Southwest District strongly objects to the final implementation and enforcement of this law and encourages its member congregations to support all efforts to overturn this law at the federal level through any and all administrative, legislative and judicial means available;

Further, the Pacific Southwest District of the UUA, requests the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association to re-examine the decision to hold the General Assembly of the Association in the city of Phoenix, AZ in June 2012 and to be in discussion with the General Assembly Planning Committee and representatives of the city and the convention and visitors' bureau on this issue of human dignity and rights.